Family Plans
We highly recommend family plans for international students! Plans have a set monthly rate (~$30-$50 depending on your plane provider and number of lines) for unlimited talking, texting, and data. It requires a contract, credit history, and cancellation fee. A person with a Social Security Number is required to start a family plan.
Prepaid Plans
“Prepaid” monthly plans allow you to pay one rate per month and do not require a contract. Plans have a set monthly rate (~$35-$75 depending on your plan provider) for unlimited talking, texting and data. It requires NO contracts, NO credit history required, NO deposits, NO Cancellation Fees. You can also refill your credit anytime with a cash or debit card.
A couple of plan providers International students typically use:
- AT&T- Value Plus Plan
- Price: $50
- Unlimited talk, text and data in the U.S., Mexico and Canada
- Unlimited texting from the United States to more than 200 countries
- 5G access (if you have a 5G compatible device)
- Standard-definition video streaming
- AT&T ActiveArmorSM security including spam and fraud call blocking
- For more information: visit the AT&T website
- TMobile- Simply Prepaid Plans
- Simply Prepaid Unlimited- $50.00 Get Unlimited Talk, Text & 5G & 4G LTE data on your smartphone virtually everywhere in the U.S., with no data overages or annual contracts.
- Simply Prepaid Unlimited Plus- $60.00 Get Unlimited Talk, Text & 5G & 4G LTE data on your smartphone virtually everywhere in the U.S., with no data overages or annual contracts. Includes 10GB of LTE mobile hotspot to share data with other devices.
- $40 Simply Prepaid 10GB 5G & 4G LTE - Unlimited Talk, Text, Data- $40.00 All the nationwide Talk, Text & Data you can handle, with up to 10GB of 5G & 4G LTE for only $40/month, giving you high speed access when you need it most. Comes with Music Unlimited so you can Jam all day without using your data on included services.
- For more information: visit the TMobile Website