PlatinumTel Includes 100MB of Data with $50 Unlimited Plan

The unlimited fire just doesn’t stop apparently. A few days ago, Sprint-powered PlatinumTel revised its rate structure to make its $50 unlimited wireless plan the most data-heavy unlimited-voice prepaid plan yet, with 100MB of usage included per month. This is in addition to unlimited voice minutes and text messages on Sprint’s nationwide PCS network. There’s even no-charge picture messaging; just pay for the data.

If you need more data, a 0.05¢ per KB (51.2¢ per MB) charge applies, or you can grab a $5 card for 40 MB or a $10 card for $100 MB of data. To our knowledge, those are the cheapest per-megabyte prices for cell-phone data anywhere on prepaid. AT&T, Page Plus Cellular and Virgin Mobile don’t even come close.

One other advantage of PlatinumTel’s non-contract unlimited plan is that there are no extra small monthly fees for service and/or web access like other PlatinumTel plans have, though the  company’s per-minute rates are quite good across the board. The Chicago-based provider’s other plans (one with unlimited nights and weekends, one wihtout) are unchanged, at least for now. We hear there will be a mobile broadband card plan soon though.