Page Plus Upgrades $20 Monthly Text Option to Unlimited

Page Plus Cellular today upgraded their Power Text plan from 5000 monthly messages to unlimited. The price stays at $20 per month. The package doesn’t include multimedia messages like other providers have done (most notably AT&T GoPhone and Virgin Mobile) however Page Plus couples the plan with one of the lowest voice minute rates in the industry (6¢ per minute to be exact) and the rock-solid Verizon Wireless network.

For those who don’t text as much, Page Plus still has a 2000-message-per-month plan for $10.95 per month, or pay-as-you-go texting for 8¢ apiece. Or, for heavy talkers, $19.95 above Page Plus’s unlimited-text package will net you unlimited voice minutes as well, plus 20 MB of data access. In short, there’s something for everyone at Page Plus, whether you talk, text or surf on your prepaid phone.

For those already on Page Plus, all these features might chew through your balance a little quicker. Fortunately, you can get airtime online right here (without sales tax in most places).

Page Plus Launches Unlimited Talk and Text for $39.95

Ostensibly in response to Tracfone’s $45-a-month Straight Talk product, Page Plus Cellular on Friday introduced a low-priced unlimited plan of their own, including calling, texting and 20 megabytes of data for $39.95, with no additional taxes and fees. The plan sacrifices 10 MB of data and unlimited directory assistance for the lower price point, however Page Plus’s take on Verizon-based unlimited service allows off-network roaming (59¢ per minute), additional data access without having to buy another full refill (at 0.06¢ per kilobyte, or 60¢ per MB) and the ability to use any Verizon-compatible phone rather than being stuck with Straight Talk’s three-model line. Page Plus is not even offering a discount on 411 service (something that Tracfone has offered at no additional charge anyway due to their custom phone-based minute tracking system), however free alternatives (like Free411 and Google’s GOOG-411 service) are available.

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Page Plus Cellular Intros Texting Packages

Page Plus Cellular today introduced “Power Text” text messaging packages, available on all plans except their 1500-minute-and-text Talk ‘n’ Text offering. They’re aimed at heavy texters, and cost less than one penny per message, continuing the trend of ultra-cheap prepaid wireless service that Page Plus is famous for.

The plans available provide 2000 or 5000 texts for $10.95 and $19.95 per month, respectively. That’s 0.4-0.55¢ per text. Page Plus doesn’t have an unlimited text option, but the 5000 message plan should be more than enough for even heavier texters. The $10.95 plan is slightly more expensive than most prepaid providers’ 1000-message packs, though other providers include MMS in their messaging packs, since the service is still seldom used in comparison to texting.

Page Pluss normal per-text rates are 8¢ per message on their no-daily-fee plan, or 15¢ on night & weekend or unlimited plans. Overage texts on the Talk ‘n’ Text plan are also 15¢ apiece