Prepaid
Reviews & Ratings: T-Z
(Listed
Alphabetically)
TELLO
■
Our Rating: 
(2
Out of 4 Stars)
■
Operated
by: Independent
■
Network:
Sprint Only.
Tello
has risen among the prepaid carriers as a low-price leader. Their
plans start as low as $5 and plans with data can be less than $10.
While they encourage you to bring your own phone, there is a
limit of the type of phones that are compatible. It includes
all Sprint phones and any unlocked model that can be used on Sprint's
network. They offer Pay As You Go rates and calls to Canada
and Mexico are included.
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TEXTNOW
■ Our Rating:
(1
Out of 4 Stars)
■ Independently
Operated
■ Network:
Sprint or Wi-Fi
TextNow has earned its way into our reviews by
their brazen
offer: FREE service! What's the catch? Their
free and cheapest plans use
VoIP and ocassionally shows ads on your screen. You do need
to be
within range of Wi-Fi but you get an assigned phone number, voice mail,
and affordable international calling. You get a 30-day trial
and
you can eliminate the ads for $3/mo.
TRACFONE
■
Our Rating:
(3 Out of 4 Stars)
■
Operated
by America
Movil
■
Network: AT&T,
T-Mobile, Verizon
Wireless, Sprint and others.
TracFone is
the largest prepaid
cellular company in the US and arrange for their phones to use
whichever wireless carrier is available in a given geographic area. As
a result, TracFone actually has more included roaming coverage
available than perhaps any other single company, especially prepaid.
Their price points start below $9 a month and offer all the advantages
of prepaid services. They feature monthly plans and offer promotions
with bonus minutes, and plans with 365-day expiration. You are limited
to only the phones they sell and they only offer a few models.
They
offer the option of having the charges deducted from your credit card
or checking account automatically, eliminating the need to renew an
exact expiration date. TracFone offers Free international calls to
about 60 countries by calling a special access number, and with their
International Neighbors features, they can provide a local number in
Mexico or Canada for incoming calls from those
countries at local rates for both callers. Tracfone's customer
service
is fairly easy to access, however, their agents have a wide variety of
experience. It may take multiple calls to solve a problem.
TracFone, like all America
Movil
companies, charges local sales tax.
TracFone will
be acquired by Verizon Wireless, closing in mid-2021. After that time,
Net10 subscribers who are not using the Verizon network will transition
to the Verizon Wireless infrastructure.
