For those who make international calls, Jolt's $40, $50 and $60 plans come with "up to" 500 minutes of international call credit. The $50 and $60 plans also include 500 MB and 1 GB of data respectively and there's a $65 plan with 500 MB of data and unlimited calls to 100 countries.
Jolt also improved their pay as you go offering recently. Top-ups now last 90 days instead of 30, MMS are now 10¢/each instead of 20¢ and the data pricing has dropped all the way from $10/MB to 30¢/MB!
These changes consolidate Jolt's position as one of the best value AT&T MVNOs particularly for unlimited talk and text without data and for light-use pay as you go.
There is one part of Jolt's pricing that isn't a very good value. A SIM card costs $10 plus $7.70 "shipping and handling" and a 60¢ "convenience fee" for a total of $18.30. Fortunately, Jolt SIMs can be found on eBay
The table below lists all of Jolt's current plans. For a comparison of AT&T MVNOs see: Five AT&T MVNO's Compared.
| Plan (Monthly Price) ** | Voice | Text | MMS (Picture Messages) | International Call Credit | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $35 | Unlimited | Unlimited | None | None | None |
| $40 | Unlimited | Unlimited | None | up to 500 minutes | None |
| $50 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | up to 500 minutes | 500 MB |
| $60 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | up to 500 minutes | 1 GB |
| $65 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 500 MB |
| $3.33 & up (pay as you go) * | 10¢ | 10¢ | 10¢ | None | 30¢/MB |
** A 3.5% "convenience" fee is added to all airtime purchases.
Neither Jolt or H2O can compete with Airvoice for the lowest ILD rates.
ReplyDeleteThat's no longer true. Jolt is now including international calling to 100 countries including Canada, Mexico, India, China and the UK.
DeleteAirvoice charges 4.2¢/minute for Mexico and China and 5.3¢/minute for calls to Canada, India and the UK.
For calls to the Phillipines Jolt charges 11.5¢/min, Airvoice 42¢/min!
Airvoice want's a whopping 59.5¢/min for calls to El Salvador, Jolt 9.9¢
Plus Jolt has international direct dialling, Airvoice makes you dial an 10 digit acess number, wait for a prompt and then dial the international number
I am not sure about Jolt or the other MVNO's, but H2O will definitely cancel your account if you go over 4500 minutes and 5000 text a month, with little to no warning. For heavy users, only the wireless carrier themselves are truly unlimited.
ReplyDeleteWhether the limit is 4500, 5000 or 8000 minutes, Att mvnos are not truly unlimited and never have been. The prepaid divisions of major carriers (Boost/Virgin, Verizon/Att/Tmobile Prepaid) are the only ones that offer truly unlimited anything (talk/text). Mvnos only market limited plans as unlimited to keep up...
ReplyDeleteI don't get it . Red pocket, Jolt's host network /mvne is not offering 500megs in the $50 range, only 250 and their paygo plans are different. I wonder if RP is going to update to half a gig soon on $50?
The Page Plus $12/mo plan is for me.
ReplyDeleteSmall typo: "for a nbuy it now"
ReplyDeleteThanks, fixed.
Deleteto Yeswap i want to send text and call MOROCCO whats the best carrier that has lowest ILD rates
ReplyDeleteI don't know. You will need to do some research. Start here: Updated: Save On International Calls With Prepaid
DeleteUnder PayGo, they also list a $1/month maintenance fee in addition to the e911 fee. Not good.
ReplyDeleteI think the $1 monthly fee replaces the 99¢ e911 fee. I searched the site both manually and with Google site search and I couldn't find any reference to a separate 911 fee. However it looks like Jolt charges a 3.5% "convenience" fee on all purchases from their site including airtime.
DeleteTo see both fees, click on your Jolt link in your post above, then click the Pay As You Go square.
Delete99c is listed under "Other Features," and $1 is shown under the "Buy Now" button.
If both of these charges apply, and you spread your refill over 90 days, the average cost per minute is 26c. $3.33/13 minutes after fees. Definitely not a "best value" for an AT&T MVNO pay-go, in my opinion.
Thanks, I see it now and will update the post to reflect both fees.
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