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Prepaid Price Chart Comparison
of the top low-cost Prepaid 30-day wireless plans
showing costs and
inclusions. These are the lowest-priced plans ($25 or less) for each
carrier, which
may require Auto-Refill. All plans are for a single line, have
Unlimited
Talk & Text, taxes & fees are extra
except where indicated, activation fees may apply but there are no
contracts. Introductory offers and
additional discounts may be
available. Plans over $25, with
less than 1Gb, or without
5G service are not
shown. Listed alphabetically, updated February, 2023.
What is "Data Overage?"
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Taxes and Fees are included
** 3-month payment, then 12-month payment required to maintain price *** 1,000 Minutes Talk/1,000 Text **** Data increases 500 MB each year |
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What is "Data Overage"? Your Prepaid plan comes with a certain amount of data each month and when you use up that data, your download speed is reduced to "2G" speeds (128 kb), or is completely cut off (a 'Hard Cap'), until the end of your billing month. You can normally purchase additional high-speed Data that gets you through to the end of the month.  ► There is a wide variety of 'introductory' offers with free service, discount phones, FREE SIM's. or extra included features. ► Look for savings with plans for more than one month at a time. ► Some Prepaids have savings for "Family" or Shared Data plans. ► Taxes are determined locally and could be as high as 40%. If yours is too high, choose a Prepaid with 'Taxes & Fees Included.' ► Check for "Auto-Refill" discounts. ► Some Prepaids offer even lower prices for plans with less or no Data, Data-Only, or a smaller amount of Talk & Text.  Prepaid carriers use the same wireless networks as the Big 3 major carriers, usually at a lower price. It's your way to use, say, Verizon cell sites, without paying Verizon's prices. You can choose your favorite prepaid carrier and see what network they use, or you can choose the network and see what carriers operate on that network, for less. You get your phone, plan and customer service from these Prepaid companies instead of the underlying carrier. Some use more than one network and some allow you to choose your network. |
