AT&T is one of the most successful and biggest communications company in the world with $120 billion in revenues and employing more than 300 thousand worldwide. In the field of telecommunications, it serves 72.9 subscribers and the number is growing fast with its innovation in wireless service. AT&T is also the sole network carrier for the revolutionary iPhone 3G as well as the basic iPhone in the United States.

Prepaid Plans

AT&T Prepaid offers the GoPhone® Prepaid plans which the company is proud to say will liberate subscribers from hidden charges.

This prepaid plan comes in two ways – Pay As You Go Plan and the Pick Your Plan.

Pros and Cons

AT&T is a well established company in the field of communication and it is a great advantage for customers to get any service from this type of company. They also have a feature for unused minutes which will be discussed later.

However, compared to other prepaid plans with other companies, AT& T prepaid rates are higher. Customers who are more concerned with the bill than company reputation may not opt for AT&T prepaid.

Features

Minutes

The Pay As You Go plan of AT & T GoPhone costs 25 cents per minute. They offer 10 cents per minute for its minute bundles from the monthly plans, Pay As You Go subscribers can enjoy this feature by paying a daily access fee of $1 per day.

To access the internet through any AT&T Prepaid phone, the company partnered with Media Net. For Pay As You Go Plan subscribers, the charge would be one cent for every KB used or they can use 1MB for $4.99 and 5MB for $9.99. Same goes for those under the AT&T prepaid Pick Your Plan for 1MB and 5 M but subscribers under this plan can use data up to 10MB for only $14.99.

Messages and Pictures

Text messages for AT&T prepaid subscribers for both GoPhone plans cost 15 cents for incoming and outgoing messages. For picture messages, it will cost 25 cents per sent or received. There are also some messages plans offered with these plans each month; $4.99 for 200 messages, $9.99 for 100 messages and $ 19.99 for unlimited text messages. For international text messages, it will cost 25 cents and 20 cents per messages sent and received respectively. Multimedia messages require phone compatibility and cost 25 cents per message.

International

For its international calling, AT&T prepaid has its AT&T WorldConnect® for Pick Your Plan. Their plan is more beneficial for those who often make international calls; they have a discounted rate of $3.99 per month though other rates like standard airtime will be added to your account. For those who call internationally occasionally, subscribers can just pay per minute used with international and standard airtime rates applied.

Calling Features

AT&T prepaid calling features include basic calling features like call waiting, 3 way calling, caller ID, call forwarding and voicemail. On top of that it has the VoiceDial for Pick Your Plan subscribers which costs $4.99 per month. This calling feature is actually a hand-free calling system where users just have to dial *8 or *08 then say the recipient's name as registered in the phonebook.

Long distance

There are no extra charges applied to long distance calls made within the AT&T coverage.

911

Yes

Payment Options

For the Pay As You Go, subscribers can reload their balances with prepaid card for $15, $25, $50, $75 and $100. Subscribers for both AT&T prepaid plans can as well add more minutes to their account by calling 611 from a wireless phone or by calling an 800 number for landline phones or logging online using their credit, debit cards or a check.

Roaming charge

There are no roaming charges within the national service area. Roaming in Mexico will cost 99 cents per minute for airtime; 50 cents for text messages sent while 20 cents for text messages received; less than one cent per KB data used, $1.30 for picture messages sent and 25 cents for picture messages received.

Activation fee

AT&T Prepaid plans don't collect activation fees from subscribers.

Minute expiration rules

For the $15 card, minutes will expire within 30 days; for $25, $50 and $ 75, minutes are good for 3 months while the $100 card can last up to one year. AT&T Prepaid also has their Rollover® Balance™ which allows unused minutes for a particular month to be carried over to the next month.

Customer Service

AT&T Prepaid offers customer support to its subscribers via a toll-free number and through emails.

Phone models for AT&T prepaid plans are as follows:

Nokia 2610, 6085

Samsung A437, A137, 127

Sony Ericsson Z310a, W580i, Z750a

LG CE110