Last updated on January 3rd, 2023 at 11:01 pm
AT&T is the major operator having the largest and fastest network covering almost the entire United States. The phone plans of AT&T may be costlier for budget-conscious customers but even then they can still ride on the AT&T network through Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) at cheaper rates. Most MVNOs offer prepaid services by using the AT&T network. MVNOs buy access to voice, text, and data access at big discount rates and resells customized plans to customers at affordable rates.
There are more than 20 MVNOs that use AT&T networks but here we will analyze a few of them who are selling the best alternative plan at affordable prices.
Altice Mobile
This MVNO uses the AT&T network to cover almost 99% of the United States and presently running a promotion for Optimum or Suddenlink customers. Altice offers an exclusive discount of $10 per line for Optimum or Suddenlink customers if they opt for any one of Alice’s following plans.
Earlier Altice Mobile was offering an unlimited plan for just $20 per month to Optimum and Suddenlink customers and for $30 per month to other customers but now the price has been increased to $45 for others and $35 for Optimum and Suddenlink customers.
Altice Mobile has also increased the price of its 3GB high-speed data plan from $20 to $22 and the price of 1GB high-speed data increased from $12/mo to $14/mo.
Cricket Wireless
Cricket Wireless has four plans starting at $30 per month for 2GB of 4G LTE data plus unlimited talk and text. The $40 per month plan gets you now 10GB instead of earlier 5GB of 4G LTE data at 8Mbps speed. With auto-pay, you may save $5 per month also.
There are two unlimited plans priced at $55 and $60 with a difference of 15GB of hotspot free data in the $60 plan. The download speed has now increased from 3Mbps to 8Mbps for $55 plan customers.
For a family, adding more lines can save further. Two lines on $55 plan cost $80 only, three lines will cost $90, four lines cost $100, and five lines cost $125 per month.
Similarly, two lines on the $60 plan will cost just $90, three lines will cost $110, four lines will cost $130 and five lines will cost $160. Great savings for a large family.
Cricket Wireless now offers truly 5G access only for customers of an unlimited plan of $60/mo per line and for which you require Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G Smartphone. For customers, using data-only plans, Cricket Wireless introduced a new data-only plan for $90 per month with 100GB high-speed data allowance.
H2O Wireless
H2O Wireless offers a pretty good competitive starting plan for $18/month (with auto-pay) offering 2GB of 4G LTE data ( thereafter unlimited 2G data) plus unlimited talk and text, unlimited international calling to landlines in over 70 countries, unlimited international texting, and a free $5 international talk credit for the countries that aren’t covered.
The next higher plan offers 6GB of 4G LTE data for $27 with auto-pay and an unlimited plan cost $54 with auto-pay. The unlimited plan allows you 60GB of high-speed data, including hotspot usage; after which speeds reduced to up to 128 kbps for the remaining period of the plan cycle.
Red Pocket Mobile
Red Pocket uses networks of all major carriers and customers have a choice to select the network to hook up. Red Pocket has a variety of plans, to suit all, like a monthly plan, family plan, domestic data plan, global data plan, annual plan, etc. Have a look at below
- $10/mo is the cheapest plan that offers unlimited talk & text plus 1GB of high-speed data by using the T-Mobile network
- $20/mo plan offers unlimited talk & text with 3GB of LTE/5G data. Interestingly you get this $20/mo annual plan from the eBay site for just $240 and also get 7GB high-speed data per month.
- $30/mo plan gets you 10GB LTE/5G data including unlimited talk & text
- $40/mo plan allows you unlimited talk, text, and data (22GB high-speed data)
- $50/mo plan offers unlimited talk, text, and data (30GB high-speed data)
Red Pocket offers only one plan for the family. It offers a plan for $30/mo for the first line and then additional lines may be added for an extra fee of $20/mo. Each line gets 10GB LTE/5G data plus unlimited talk and text.
Pure TalkUSA
Pure TalkUSA also gives you the choice to select a plan from a variety of plans starting from $20 to $55 per month offering unlimited talk, text, and data at 2G speed in all plans. The price of the plan varies from the 4G LTE data allowance, 2GB data plan cost $20, 4GB data plan cost $25, 6GB data plan cost $30, 10GB data plan cost $35 and 20GB data plan cost $45 per month. The unlimited data plan costs $55 per month.
Adding additional lines for your family can further reduce the total bill by 10% for two lines, 15% for three lines, and 20% for four lines.
Straight Talk Wireless
Straight Talk has a variety of plans starting from $30, which you get 1500 minutes of talk time, unlimited text, and a few 100MB of high-speed data which may double if you auto-refill. There are two limited high-speed data plans for $35 and $45 per month allowing 5GB and 25GB high-speed data.
The unlimited high-speed data plan costs $55 and also allows 10GB of hotspot data. If you auto-refill it for 3 months, it may cost you just $50 per month. The unlimited international plan is also available for $60 per month, which allows 25GB of high-speed data thereafter at 2G speed.
A new Platinum unlimited plan for $65/mo is also introduced recently which offers unlimited data but after crossing 60GB of data during a month, you may experience slower download speed. You are also eligible to use 20GB Hotspot data.
Straight Talk is promoting its $45 per month unlimited plan (25GB high-speed data and thereafter 2G speed) for 3, 6, or 12 month periods with great discounts of $5, $15, and $45 respectively.
So you have a great choice to select one of your favorite affordable plans that use the United States’ largest network, the AT&T network. You can get Red Pocket offers plan as low as $10 per month and an unlimited plan from Altice Mobile at just $20 or $30 per month as per eligibility. Pure Talk USA may be a good choice for a family of four members that reduce the monthly bills by 20%, other MVNO also has a good multi-line plan with heavy discounts. Choose wisely and before subscribing, just check network availability in the area where you live and work.
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