Domestic Call Costs
US prepaid mobile phone call charges may be different to what you have experienced in other countries. Here are a couple of things to remember:
You are charged to send and receive calls and short messages on prepaid mobile phones in the USA
- Call anywhere in the USA from anywhere in the USA for the same great rates including Alaska and Hawaii
- Call credit expires after 30-365 days depending on the denomination of credit purchased, see chart below
- Calls are charged in one minute increments, any fraction of a minute is rounded up to a full minute
- International Roaming, available on T-Mobile USA only, charges for using the service in Canada and Mexico vary, see chart below
- International calls in addition to domestic US airtime, as per rates outlined on the chart below
- You are charged the regular airtime charges for voicemail retrieval
- You are charged the local US per-minute charge to receive an international call
- For more information see call charges below
Pack Option # 1 from T-Mobile USA
| Pay By The Day | Pay As You Go |
|---|---|
| Unlimited calling 7pm – 6:59am and between T-Mobile USA subscribers 24/7 | No unlimited features |
| 10c per minute for calls not included in unlimited services | 10c – 33c per minute (depending on topup amount) |
| $1 daily access fee (applicable on days when voice services are used) |
No daily access fee |
| Domestic SMS 10c to send/5c to receive | Domestic SMS 10c to send/5c to receive |
| International SMS 35c to send/5c to receive | International SMS 35c to send/5c to receive |
| Domestic MMS 25¢/25¢ send/receive | Domestic MMS 25¢/25¢ send/receive |
| Canada Roaming (Rogers Wireless) | $0.69 per minute/$0.10 per text message sent/$0.05 per text message received |
| Mexico Roaming (Telefonica) | $1.49 per minute/$0.35 per text message sent/$0.05 per text message received |
| You can change between plans at any time, by dialing *8646 from your T-Mobile phone, or 1-877-778-2106 from any phone. Your credit balance would also be transferred in full. | |
Pack Option # 2 from Red Pocket Mobile
| Pay-as-you-go Plan |
|---|
| Included Credit - $10 credit to get you started |
| Domestic Call from 10¢ per minute |
| Domestic SMS 10¢/10¢ send/receive |
| International SMS 10¢/10¢ send/receive |
| International Calling from 10¢per minute send/receive |
| International Calling from 10¢ per minute - click here for rates |
