Thursday, December 24, 2015

at&t mvno "pay as you go" data plans

looking for a GSM plan for USA

  • data on a per MB basis
  • low monthly costs
  • AT&T network
  • willing to buy in $100 increments
  • byod
  • plan info available in english


wikipedia maintains a list and i went thru each entry for AT&T, and also googled a bit - ignoring plans with high per month minimums (ie if an operator didn't offer a plan under $30 per month they're not listed here). plans / prices as of december 24, 2015:

  • h2o - $100, 1 year service, 5¢ per min or sms, 10¢ per MB or mms
  • black - $100, 1 year service, 5¢ per min or sms, 10¢ per MB or mms
  • tracfone - $140 per year for service/voice,  plus 1.5¢ per MB, terms are somewhat confusing
  • consumercell - $10 per month service, plus $10 per month for 500 MB, additional data at 25¢ per MB, means that effectively you need to pre-purchase data (uses T-mobile too)
  • airvoice - $30 per 5 months, $1 per month, 10¢ per min/sms/mms, 6.66¢ per MB
  • at&t - go phone, $2 per day but claims (unconfirmed) only charged if voice/sms is used, $1 per 100 MB
  • jolt - $15 per month for service/30MB, additional data at 50¢ per MB





and for t-mobile:
  • ting - billing is confusing (buckets), could do data-only for $6 per month service, plus $12 for 500 MB (next bucket is $19 for 1 GB)
  • campus - sketchy, $25/month includes 500 min, unlimited sms, 500 MB. details lacking
  • tempo - $70, 1 year service, 7¢ per min or MMS, 2¢ per sms, 14¢ per MB
  • lyca - $19 per month, unlim voice/sms, 100 MB data, not clear if you can buy more data
  • net10 - not clear that any "cheap" plans include data
  • proven - confusing, $25 per month includes 750 min, 250 sms, 100 MB
  • ptel - $60 per year service, 5¢ per min, 2¢ per sms/mms, 10¢ per MB out of business
  • simple - $20 per month data-only, includes 1.5 GB
  • ultra - $19 per month, unlimited talk/text, 100 MB (not clear if you can buy more)
  • usmobile - $16 per month, including 1 GB (talk+text is extra, but reasonable)



took a look at verizon:

  • callmr - $17 per month including 500 MB, plus 5¢ per min/sms/MB (or $20 for 1 GB)
  • pageplus - 50¢ per month, plus 5¢ per min/sms, 10¢ per MB (cannot activate 4g device)
  • envie - $25 per month, includes 500 min, unlim sms, 1 GB (lte)


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