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  • Unlimited Talk/Text/2GB Data $10/Month
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Tello just updated their regular plans for new and existing customers.

$10/month is now 2 GB (used to be 1 GB). $14/month is now 5 GB (used to be 2 GB).

Please note the $25/month unlimited plan has a limit of $35 GB high speed data.

The customer service of Tello is very good..

https://tello.com
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And use a referral when creating an account to get $10 in Tello Dollars which can be redeemed for the second month.

In addition to good customer service, Tello has great flexibility if you want to bump up to a higher data plan for just one month, then drop back down. Plus if you manually renew a day early, the unused data will roll to the next month.
Also, data + unlimited texting plans dropped. 2GB for $6 now, 1GB for $5.

However, the slow data after blowing through your allotment is now gone.
Visible has their basic unlimited plan at $25/month for years, the only thing that this Tello plan beats Visible is, you can use all high speed data for hotspot while Visible only allows you to use 5GB for hotspot.

Also, Helium mobile has $20/month unlimited plan.

Lastly, if you still want to get your monthly phone bill lower, you can go to costco and get the $10/month T-Mobile hotspot plan, and a $5/month hello mobile basic plan, use both in a dual sim phone, so you can get unlimited data/calling/text at $15/month.

If you don't need unlimited plan, as of now I think the ultra mobile 3GB monthly plan for $10/month is the best. Please note that it doesn't include the tax and other fees, so it will be about $12 per month actually.

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01-22-2024 at 07:59 PM.
01-22-2024 at 07:59 PM.
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Red Pocket is horrible. Zero customer service and their web site blows chunks.
I've used the redpocket chat many times and never had an issue.
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02-04-2024 at 07:41 AM.
02-04-2024 at 07:41 AM.
Quote from ThriftyWater9111 :
No issues with visible, my $35 will be increased to $45 (based on 6 month promo).
Link to 6-month $45 Tello promo? Is this through StackSocial?
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02-05-2024 at 01:09 PM.
02-05-2024 at 01:09 PM.
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Link to 6-month $45 Tello promo? Is this through StackSocial?

He's referring to Visible+ plan, not Tello plans. Visible offered $10 off for 6 months on the plus plan.
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02-08-2024 at 02:26 AM.
02-08-2024 at 02:26 AM.
Quote from koote :
Visible has their basic unlimited plan at $25/month for years, the only thing that this Tello plan beats Visible is, you can use all high speed data for hotspot while Visible only allows you to use 5GB for hotspot.

Also, Helium mobile has $20/month unlimited plan.

Lastly, if you still want to get your monthly phone bill lower, you can go to costco and get the $10/month T-Mobile hotspot plan, and a $5/month hello mobile basic plan, use both in a dual sim phone, so you can get unlimited data/calling/text at $15/month.


If you don't need unlimited plan, as of now I think the ultra mobile 3GB monthly plan for $10/month is the best. Please note that it doesn't include the tax and other fees, so it will be about $12 per month actually.

I think you may be confused or wrote that backwards. I've been using visible for years as my all the time HD streaming service hotspot and it does not stop or slow my speed after 5 gigs. This is a quote from the main Tello main page

Free Hotspot & Wi-Fi Calling

The Unlimited plan comes with 5GB hotspot usage, while all other Tello data plans come with the same hotspot allotment as their plan
This could be something new for visible but not what I've been experiencing for the last 3+ years
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Gatosano
02-08-2024 at 11:00 AM.
02-08-2024 at 11:00 AM.
Quote from ShannonF4392 :
You can have autopay on, but you have to manually renew your plan if you want data to rollover. I just set a calendar reminder and renew the day before. Here is what the help center language says:


Unused service from your Tello plan will not carry over into your next month.
Any unused minutes or data will be lost after 30 days, when your plan is automatically renewed.
Once your plan is renewed automatically, your plan starts again with the fixed monthly allowance of minutes & data.

There is one exception:
Unused service WILL roll over ONLY if you manually renew or change your plan at least 24 hours before the end of your current billing cycle and ONLY if the new plan contains all the services that you previously had. For example, the minutes & data of your current plan will roll over if the new plan has minutes & data. However, if you decide to buy data only, the minutes will not roll over.
https://tello.com/help_center/wil...anguage=en
Thank you so much for this valuable information, just renewed one day before the auto-renewal date, as you mentioned, and got all the leftover data carried over to the new month. Just what I needed for a trip this month where will be using a lot more data than usual.

Thanks!
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02-08-2024 at 11:20 AM.
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from ShannonF4392
You can have autopay on, but you have to manually renew your plan if you want data to rollover. I just set a calendar reminder and renew the day before. Here is what the help center language says:

Unused service from your Tello plan will not carry over into your next month.
Any unused minutes or data will be lost after 30 days, when your plan is automatically renewed.

There is one exception: Unused service WILL roll over ONLY if you manually renew or change your plan at least 24 hours before the end of your current billing cycle and ONLY if the new plan contains all the services that you previously had...

Quote Gatosano Thank you so much for this valuable information, just renewed one day before the auto-renewal date, as you mentioned, and got all the leftover data carried over to the new month. Just what I needed for a trip this month where will be using a lot more data than usual.

Thanks!
This works because in it's terms if you select a "new" plan you'll immediately start the new plan but retain the remaining amounts of the old one. I forgot if this basically moves the 30 day plan to a 29 day plan each time, but along with that it only allows a one month roll in case anyone was thinking of banking a large amount of data or minutes.
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02-08-2024 at 11:29 AM.
02-08-2024 at 11:29 AM.
Quote from koote :
Visible has their basic unlimited plan at $25/month for years, the only thing that this Tello plan beats Visible is, you can use all high speed data for hotspot while Visible only allows you to use 5GB for hotspot.

Also, Helium mobile has $20/month unlimited plan.

Lastly, if you still want to get your monthly phone bill lower, you can go to costco and get the $10/month T-Mobile hotspot plan, and a $5/month hello mobile basic plan, use both in a dual sim phone, so you can get unlimited data/calling/text at $15/month.

If you don't need unlimited plan, as of now I think the ultra mobile 3GB monthly plan for $10/month is the best. Please note that it doesn't include the tax and other fees, so it will be about $12 per month actually.

So this is wrong on Visible. There is no 5GB limit - perhaps author was confused with the 5Mbps speed limit of the Visible hotspot. Otherwise it is unlimited on the hotspot as well.
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02-08-2024 at 12:47 PM.
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Quote from JollyStag697 :
This works because in it's terms if you select a "new" plan you'll immediately start the new plan but retain the remaining amounts of the old one. I forgot if this basically moves the 30 day plan to a 29 day plan each time, but along with that it only allows a one month roll in case anyone was thinking of banking a large amount of data or minutes.
I have banked a very large amount of data on my daughter's line while she is living out of the country. She was on the 500mb/month plan, which recently switched to 1GB/month. Her balance is over 11GB, so it definitely rolls each time you manually renew. You are correct that you lose a day each month.

It works perfectly for us because she always has the data waiting when she arrives in the US. And I have been using referral dollars to renew each month.
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02-08-2024 at 12:51 PM.
02-08-2024 at 12:51 PM.
are people using this for "backup" phones. Have cheap family flip phones that we just need in case of emergency. Just need a cheap and reliable option - don't really care about data just need to be able to call or text.
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Quote from wraab :
are people using this for "backup" phones. Have cheap family flip phones that we just need in case of emergency. Just need a cheap and reliable option - don't really care about data just need to be able to call or text.

Then use hello mobile. For $5 you get unlimited talk and text.
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Quote from ShannonF4392 :
I have banked a very large amount of data on my daughter's line while she is living out of the country. She was on the 500mb/month plan, which recently switched to 1GB/month. Her balance is over 11GB, so it definitely rolls each time you manually renew. You are correct that you lose a day each month.

It works perfectly for us because she always has the data waiting when she arrives in the US. And I have been using referral dollars to renew each month.
ahh thanks for the info/update; also you have a lot of referrals too
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02-20-2024 at 05:03 AM.
02-20-2024 at 05:03 AM.
How do y'all get a referral? Is there a referral thread (here, reddit, etc)?

Also, since this is T-Mobile based, as is Mint, how's the visual voicemail situation on Pixels?

For those asking about Mint - service was fine for years until last month - note that rates go up after the intro period. Two weeks ago, all of my 5 gig was used in under an hour - the last gig in 8 minutes 😳. I've rarely used more than 1 gig/month in the entirety of those 3 years - customer service insisted I did, even after checking my phone's records and PROVING I didn't.

I called twice and they basically said, let me help you find a new carrier - not even joking. On top of that, visual voicemail stopped working and Google and mint are both claiming it's the others fault - since vvm works for every other carrier on the planet, pretty sure it's a mint problem.

After I transfer my service, it's off to the interwebs to write nastygrams to Ryan Reynolds and trash mint mobile.
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02-20-2024 at 05:55 AM.
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Tello has the best customer service of any telecom I've been with.
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Quote from shoptology :
Two weeks ago, all of my 5 gig was used in under an hour - the last gig in 8 minutes 😳. I've rarely used more than 1 gig/month in the entirety of those 3 years - customer service insisted I did, even after checking my phone's records and PROVING I didn't.
Sorry for continuing the OT about Mint, but did this happen right around the first of Feb? One of my kids received a text that day that she was out of data. I know she had 4.9GB on Jan 28 and thought it was strange that she had used so much. 5GB isn't quite enough for her, but she can usually go 3 weeks on it, not 5 days!
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02-20-2024 at 09:17 AM.
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Didn't know the thing about the data, even though I've been with them for a little bit already. So it doesn't work if the person has autopay on?
correct. autopay resets the data & minutes. To rollover unused, you have to manually renew before the autopay kicks in -- people usually do it one day before the auto renew.
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