| STI Mobile prepaid cellphones utilizes the Sprint PCS network for calls, which gives you a big brand calling quality with small brand customer service.
STI Mobile is actually a subsidiary of Telco Group, Inc., which is a private long distance company based in New York with over eighty years of telecom experience. They offer three calling plans that are flexible with no roaming charges however, the lack of roaming support does limit calls to a smaller coverage area. |
The first plan offered by STI Mobile charges a network access fee of .10 cents per day and anytime minutes are .10 cents per minute also.
The second plan charges a network access fee of .25 cents per day and offers all call at 7.9 cents per minute at anytime day or night.
Plan three offered by STI Mobile includes 100 weekday minutes then only .10 per minute after that and unlimited nights and weekends with night minutes beginning at 7pm for $49.99 a month.
STI Mobile offers customer care and support Monday through Friday from 8am to midnight and on weekends from 10 to 10 eastern standard time.
There is no credit check or no contract to have to committed to either. The only calling feature offered is voicemail, which cost .10 cents per minute to retrieve messages. There is a $4.95 activation fee for STI Mobile.
Text messaging is available for the cost of .05 cents per message whether sending or receiving. Picture messaging is available for .29 cents per day, which also includes web browsing.
There are no downloads available with the STI Mobile at this moment, and there are also no roaming charges due to the fact that the service simple does not support roaming.
If you leave the coverage area, then the phone will not be able to work. Nationwide long distance calling is included in the cost of airtime as simple minutes, and international
calling is not currently offered by STI Mobile.
Directory assistance calls to 411 are available at a cost of .79 cents a call, plus airtime, and 911 calls are free.
STI offers limited web access for .19 cents per day, which includes e-mail and instant messaging through Yahoo, plus news services from CNN, ABC News, and Bloomberg Financial.
Web browsing is available with picture messaging for .29 cents per day. You can purchase rechargable cards in denominations of $10, $25, $50, and $100, which work like
cash to your account.
Minutes offered with plans one and two never expire, but the minutes that come with plan three expire at the end of each month and do not rollover.
STI Mobile prepaid cellphones are available in flip phones and the majority have color screens, and some are offered to the consumer with web browsing, speakerphone, and cameras.
Some phones that are compatible with STI Mobile are Samsung A820, Sanyo 200, LG 225, and LG 125.