When mobile phones first came out, it was astounding how expensive they were! Never mind about the phones themselves, the cost of a simple call could set you back a bundle. As the technology has progressed and the networks became more comprehensive, the cost to stay connected has dropped accordingly. One of the most interesting things to come out of the network growth is a sort of sub-network called an MVNO, or mobile virtual network operator. They go to one of the big networks that owns the towers and they buy large blocks of air time or bandwidth at wholesale prices, and they turn around and offer them to the consumer at a discounted rate. Tello.com is one of these MVNO carriers, and if you go through them your cost to stay connected could drop lower than ever!
Tello offers extremely low mobile rates, and you can either bring your own device or buy one of their phones at an affordable price. Phones range in price from a $29 basic flip phone up to a brand new iPhone 7 for $649 – there’s something for every budget. You can also save more on certain phones with a discount code, just by going to CouponSolver.com – we have coupon codes for the phones and also for your monthly plans.
The Tello plans are prepaid, build-your-own style plans. You can opt to pay for bundles of minutes, texts, and choose your own data amount, or you can get unlimited talk and text with your own chosen data amount. If you only want a phone for absolute emergencies (or you don’t have friends to talk to!) you can get away with an Economy plan – 100 minutes, 200 texts, 200 MB data for $9 a month. I know people who spend more than that on lunch! But if you have a pretty active life, you’d probably be better off with a Smart plan – unlimited talk, text, and 1 GB of data for only $29 a month. The data is 4G speed until you hit your limit, after that your speed is throttled down to 64 kbps, so you’re not left without data, it’s just slow afterward.
You can also choose a pay-as-you-go plan, at three cents a minute talk time, one cent texts, and two cents per MB data for domestic use. The international rates are very reasonable as well, with China and India calls costing less than half the price for talk time per minute as domestic calls. (Cuba calls, unfortunately, will set you back $0.65 per minute. Darn Castro.)
If you are looking to lower your mobile phone bill, check Tello out. Go to Coupon Solver first to see if you can find a valid discount code for Tello, then look forward to lower mobile costs every month! You may end up slashing your phone bill in half by switching carriers, but since it’s Sprint coverage you won’t sacrifice call quality. Check it out!