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AT&T

Like Verizon, AT&T has spent the better part of the last few years simplifying their offerings. They are now much easier to understand for the average consumer. Also, like Verizon, you can bring your own device to AT&T’s prepaid plans (currently called GoPhone plans) as long as they support AT&T’s network.

Plan Details:

$30/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, no data. Users can buy 100MB of data for $5 if needed. Much like Verizon’s lowest tier, AT&T recommends customers use WiFi Hotspots for personal data

$45/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 1.5GB of data. This plan also includes AT&T’s Rollover Data where any data you don’t use gets added to your next month. For instance, if you end the month with 500MB left on your plan, that 500MB will be added to next month’s allotment.

$60/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 4GB of data. This plan also includes Rollover Data, unlimited calls and texts to Canada and Mexico. It also supports data roaming to Canada and Mexico.

$2/day – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, no data. You can purchase data at $0.01 per 5KB of data. This is likely for folks who are traveling into the US and need a temporary SIM card.

$0.10/minute – AT&T also supports the old school “per minute” pay structure. You pay $0.10 per minute, $0.20 per message, and $0.01 per 5KB of data. Frankly, this is a rip-off.

AT&T isn’t too dissimilar from Verizon. The plans are reasonably priced although the data allotments are a little small. Our recommendation is the same as Verizon. If you go with AT&T, stick to WiFi as often as possible.

Boost Mobile

Boost Mobile is an MVNO that uses Sprint’s network. It’s one of the more popular MVNOs out there and most people have probably heard the name somewhere before. They have a decent selections of phones and, like T-Mobile, don’t use contracts at all on their network. You can bring your own Sprint device assuming.

Plan details:

$30/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 2GB of data. This supports Boost Mobile’s Auto Re-Boost feature.

$35/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 2GB of data.

$45/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 5GB of data.

$60/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, unlimited data.

Data boost – Boost Mobile is offering a promotion where every three months of on-time payments gives you a (permanent) 500MB of additional data. Thus, after 18 months, each plan listed above has the capacity to earn an extra 3GB of data (that’s the max). Obviously, the unlimited plan doesn’t have this.

Add-ons – Boost Mobile offers a ton of add-ons including data packs, International phone services, phone insurance, and mobile hotspot services.

Boost Mobile provides a lot of bang for your buck. Even more so than Sprint at this point which is kind of funny considering that Boost Mobile uses Sprint’s network. We especially liked the low cost of entry for unlimited data and the ability to earn more through on-time payments.

Page Plus

Page Plus is an MVNO that is powered by the Verizon network.

Plan details:

$12/month – 250 minutes, 250 texts, 10MB of data.

$29.95/month – 1500 minutes, unlimited text, 1GB data. This plan does not offer unlimited data.

$39.95/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 1.5GB data. After high speed data, you get unlimited 2G.

$55/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 5GB data. After the high speed data, you get unlimited 2G.

$69.95/month – Unlimited talk, unlimited text, 7GB data. After the high speed data, you get unlimited 2G.

$10 – This pay-as-you-go price includes 100 minutes with each additional minute at $0.10.

$25 – This pay-as-you-go price includes 416 minutes (?) with each additional minute at $0.06.

$50 – This pay-as-you-go price includes 1000 minutes with each additional minute at $0.05.

$80 – This pay-as-you-go price includes 2000 minutes with each additional minute at $0.04.

Simply put, if Verizon offered these services at these prices on their own network, it would probably put everyone else out of business. This is a great deal for Verizon customers looking for more flexibility with data (which is virtually every Verizon customer). Their pay-as-you-go options aren’t great, though, and we recommend avoiding those unless absolutely necessary.