The prepaid wireless carrier, which is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that uses the nationwide Verizon Wireless network, now allows its U.S. customers who travel to other countries to continue using their Page Plus cell phones.
The countries added to the Page Plus service include Mexico, Canada and the island territories of Bermuda, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Though Page Plus customers have previously been able to place calls to these countries from the U.S., they can now place and receive voice calls and text messages while traveling to them as well.
The international roaming rate for calls within Mexico and Bermuda is $1.10 per minute. Calls within Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are 60 cents per minute. Calls from the U.S. to Puerto Rico will remain at the previous rate of 12 cents per minute. U.S. calls to Mexico and Canada are still 34 cents per minute.
The texting rate for Page Plus users within these countries is 50 cents per message sent and 25 cents per message received. The international text messaging rate for messages originating in the U.S. remains at 20 cents per message.
Page Plus Cellular in Oct. 2009 launched its Talk n Text 1200 plan, which provides 1,200 voice minutes, 1,200 text or picture messages and 50 megabytes of data for $29.95 a month. In Aug. 2009, the carrier released its Unlimited Talk n Text plan for $39.95 a month.
Learn more about the other prepaid wireless carriers here. Learn which networks the prepaid wireless carriers use here. More information about Page Plus Cellular can be found below.
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Not great, not happy. I lost real $$money using them. I sent this request for a refund, and was refused. I tried activating 3 different phones, 1 of them purchased from their website. After asking for a refund, the supervisor I was transfered to was condescending. I hope they lose a lot of business to tmobile (cheapest major prepaid company), and PlatinumTel (cheapest period).
Spoke with Page Plus 1/4/10:
I have spent 397min (over 6.5 hours) with customer service trying to get your phone working since 12/21 and have been unable to use it. (Note: they couldn’t figure it out, and refused to give me money back or EVEN transfer the balance of my account to a new page plus number)
Please send me information on how I can return my phone and get a refund on the phone and the services I have not received totalling $107.32 ($55.90 for a phone, $23.96 for 24 days of 1200/1200 service not received, and $27.46 remaining balance). I ordered a Motorolla E815 from your website that won’t work on your service.