| GoPhone is an AT&T product, which requires you pay in advance for phone usage. All accounts come with basic voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID, and nationwide long distance. GoPhone offers two diverse plans with different tiers on each.
The Pay As You Go plans both offer unlimited mobile to mobile calling. With the first tier minutes are .25 cents per minute and with the second tier you can pay $1 per day when used and then pay a flat rate of .10 cents per minute. Another option is to purchase $20 of 3,000 off peak minutes. |
With Pick Your Plan you do exactly that. For $29.99 per month minutes are .15 cents each and with the next plan the charge is $39.99 per month and minutes are 13.3 cents each. You get unlimited mobile to mobile and 500 night and weekend minutes.
With the $49.99 per month plan minutes are 12.5 cents each, plus you get unlimited mobile to mobile and 3,000 night and weekend minutes.
The final plan offers $69.99 per month with minutes costing 10.8 each and unlimited night and weekends, plus unlimited mobile to mobile calls.
If you fail to purchase new minutes with the Pay As You Go plan, then the expiration rate will vary. The denomination of cards depend on the expiration date. For instance, the $15 card expires after 30 days, while the $25, $50. and $75 cards all expire after 90 days.
The $100 card expires after 365 days. There is no activation fee, no credit check, and no contract to contend with. Calling features include caller ID, call waiting, voicemail, call forwarding, and even 3 way calling.
Text messaging is available with GoPhone for .15 cents per message, whether incoming or outgoing, or bundles can be purchased. For $5 you can get 200 messages, $10 for 1,000 messages, or $20 will get you unlimited messages.
Picture messaging is only .25 each incoming or outgoing. GoPhone offers great downloads starting at $1.99 for games, ringtones, wallpaper, or graphics.
With GoPhone directory assistance calls cost $1.79 plus airtime and emergency assistance calls are free. With the Pay As You Go plan every kilobyte used cost .01 cent.
There are no roaming charges and no extra charge for long distance.
International calls begin at .10 cents per minute, but check their website for a complete listing of rates. If you make frequent international calls, the WorldConnect Package for $3.99 per month would be perfect for you due to it offers unlimited international calling.
GoPhone charges for every minute you on the phone with their customer service staff, so it might be wise to reach them on a land line or through email. Which ever way you contact customer service you will find them to be helpful with their quick responses.
There are a variety of phones that are compatible with GoPhone which include the Motorola C139, the Sony Ericsson w580i, Pantech C120, Sony Ericsson z300a, Motorola RAZR V3, and the Nokia 6030.
Phones begin at $19.95 and many phones are refurbished models and are offered at a large discount.