Carrier Target Brightspot $30.83 Prepaid Plan: (300 min, unlimited text, 3GB of LTE data)

[EbookReader]

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...-data-gosmart-mobile-prepaid-plans/2014-06-10

A data-focused $35 monthly plan with 300 voice minutes, unlimited messaging and 3 GB of data at HSPA+ or LTE speeds before throttling.

Target Brightspot Mobile website

https://www.brightspotmobile.com/compare-prepaid-cell-phone-plans

Very competitive against T-Mobile $30 Prepaid plan (100 min, unlimited text, 5GB of 4G LTE data)

Rewards come easy

brightspot offers rewards you can really use. With every six months of paid service, get a $25 Target GiftCard® to use

$35 a month but Target offers $25 giftcard for every six months of paid service. $25 / 6 months = $4.17 saving.

$35 - $4.17 = $30.83

 

[dickdaney]

T-mobile's network, no thank you!

 

[EbookReader]

T-mobile's network, no thank you!

Did you expect AT&T or Verizon offering such value?

 

[Retired Cat]

This plan is a great deal IMO if you are in an area with good Tmo coverage and don't need ATT or Verizon levels of national coverage.

The Tmo 5GB plan is unbalanced. 100 mins is too little.

300 minutes for the Target plan provides a comfortable buffer. At $30 and change after the gift card rebate, I like it.

 

[Altemose]

Did you expect AT&T or Verizon offering such value?

T-Mobile and the MVNOs are really changing the game. Anyone who disagrees with my statement can just look at the influence they had on the industry. Before T-Mobile ditching contracts completely and offering the JUMP! program there was nothing of the sort on the other carriers' main plans. Plus their network is getting better and better. It isn't there yet, but is well underway to being a seriously powerful and widespread network.

 

[nnacrumors]

$35 a month but Target offers $25 giftcard for every six months of paid service. $25 / 6 months = $4.17 saving.

$35 - $4.17 = $30.83

I also wonder if REDcard gets you an additional 5% off of $35 (an extra $1.75/mo)

The Tmo 5GB plan is unbalanced. 100 mins is too little.

300 minutes for the Target plan provides a comfortable buffer. At $30 and change after the gift card rebate, I like it.

I always felt the same way about T-mobiles $30 plan. Everyone would tell me I didn't need more than 100 minutes but to me that was just too little. This 300 min plan though has enough of a minute buffer to feel comfortable.

 

[617aircav]

The $30 plan is for those that barely talk or have voip means of making calls. Its for those that desire data only.

 

[iolinux333]

I also wonder if REDcard gets you an additional 5% off of $35 (an extra $1.75/mo)



I always felt the same way about T-mobiles $30 plan. Everyone would tell me I didn't need more than 100 minutes but to me that was just too little. This 300 min plan though has enough of a minute buffer to feel comfortable.

Except if you go over it's just 10 cents a minute so you don't really need a buffer. With all the VOIP options I use zero cellular minutes typically anyway.

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This plan is a great deal IMO if you are in an area with good Tmo coverage and don't need ATT or Verizon levels of national coverage.

The Tmo 5GB plan is unbalanced. 100 mins is too little.

300 minutes for the Target plan provides a comfortable buffer. At $30 and change after the gift card rebate, I like it.

Does anyone know whether the target plan has data roaming? That's my one big issue with the tmobile 5gig $30 plan. No data roaming ever.

 

[nnacrumors]

Except if you go over it's just 10 cents a minute so you don't really need a buffer. With all the VOIP options I use zero cellular minutes typically anyway.

Yeah which means if you need 300 minutes on T-mobiles plan it's $50 for the month (instead of $30 like this plan).

As for VOIP... no way would I rely on it with T-mobiles network. Even on WiFi VOIP has issues with voice lag and call drops, I couldn't imagine the frustrations of trying it over even more unstable cellular.

But I'm sure VOIP works great for you, just that it's not a real solution for me.

 

[kupkakez]

Did you expect AT&T or Verizon offering such value?

I'm on Aio/Cricket which is AT&T for $35 (4 lines on the account hence the discount) a month. Unlimited talk/text/2.5gb LTE and the rest is throttled unlimited.

So yea, it's out there. ATT network>T-Mobile

 

[617aircav]

Except if you go over it's just 10 cents a minute so you don't really need a buffer. With all the VOIP options I use zero cellular minutes typically anyway.

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Does anyone know whether the target plan has data roaming? That's my one big issue with the tmobile 5gig $30 plan. No data roaming ever.

pretty sure tmobile prepaid does my have roaming.

 

[iolinux333]

I'm on Aio/Cricket which is AT&T for $35 (4 lines on the account hence the discount) a month. Unlimited talk/text/2.5gb LTE and the rest is throttled unlimited.

So yea, it's out there. ATT network>T-Mobile

This would be my second choice after the tmobile 5gig plan just because network coverage is so much better. Can you data roam on your AIO/cricket plan?

 

[kupkakez]

This would be my second choice after the tmobile 5gig plan just because network coverage is so much better. Can you data roam on your AIO/cricket plan?

I'm not sure. I have coverage here at home and everywhere I travel, so I couldn't say for certain.

Perhaps someone else that has Cricket can chime in.

 

[617aircav]

If att offered a 5gb plan wit 500 minutes for 40 I'll be all over that.

 

[EbookReader]

I'm on Aio/Cricket which is AT&T for $35 (4 lines on the account hence the discount) a month. Unlimited talk/text/2.5gb LTE and the rest is throttled unlimited.

That's with 4 lines.

This is for individual.

T-Mobile has $22 a month for unlimited talk/text/1GB of LTE, throttled unlimited afterward (5 lines discount).

So yea, it's out there. ATT network>T-Mobile

Nobody is doubting that AT&T has more coverage area than T-Mobile.

 

[EbookReader]

I also wonder if REDcard gets you an additional 5% off of $35 (an extra $1.75/mo)

Looks like it does. But not everyone have the REDcard debit/credit card.

brightspot offers rewards you can really use. With every six months of paid service, get a $25 Target GiftCard® to use at the place you love to shop: Target®. Save an additional 5% when you use your Target® debit or credit REDcard® to purchase phones, SIM Kits, and refill cards at select Target stores or at Target.com.

 

[silentbob007]

That's with 4 lines.

This is for individual.

T-Mobile has $22 a month for unlimited talk/text/1GB of LTE, throttled unlimited afterward (5 lines discount).




Nobody is doubting that AT&T has more coverage area than T-Mobile.

$35/month is for individual on Aio/Cricket too as long as you set up autopay with a credit card.

 

[EbookReader]

$35/month is for individual on Aio/Cricket too as long as you set up autopay with a credit card.

and it gets you unlimited talk, unlimited text but only 500MB of data.

$40 / month ($35 with auto pay credit) with AIO Wireless that is now merged into Cricket

for someone who don't talk much (300 minutes) but need a lot more data (3GB LTE), 500MB won't cut it.

 

[co.ag.2005]

This would be my second choice after the tmobile 5gig plan just because network coverage is so much better. Can you data roam on your AIO/cricket plan?

you can't voice/data roam on AT&T's partner networks, identified here:
AT&T Coverage Map

Cricket Map

 

[EbookReader]

http://www.pcmag.com/fastest-mobile-networks
Fastest Mobile Networks 2014

Which carrier is the best for fast mobile data where you live? We hit 30 U.S. cities to test speeds on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless. Here's what we found.

For our fifth year of Fastest Mobile Networks testing, we brought in a slew of new partners and asked our readers to run their own tests, supplementing our 80,000 cycles of drive testing over 30 cities and thousands of miles. We found that AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, at least, are mostly over the LTE hump in major cities. Sprint still has a way to go before it delivers a truly competitive experience.

T-Mobile provided the year's big surprise, with a powerful showing where it won half of our cities outright.

If you don't live and work in the city, T-Mobile is not the right choice for you.


p.s. Anyone surprised that in the city, T-mobile has much better LTE speed than AT&T?

 

[EbookReader]

look at this plan from this carrier in France (think T-mobile but on steroid x 100):

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/09/free-mobile-market/
With Free, France shows the US what an open mobile market should be

20 euros for unlimited texts and calling, with a borderline-ridiculous 20GB of 4G data included per month

 

[nnacrumors]

Anyone here on the forum end up using this plan from Target?

Any issues or just a great experience?