does this work with pre-paid plans? I just need something temporary while staying in an area that only has Verizon and no internet.
338734
Yes, you must have a plan to use this product. You can contact Verizon to determine if they will give you a time-limited contract.
338735
Probably not. They treat the data modems as if they were smartphones. Two year plan and all that plus charging extra if you are sharing with other devices.
338736
I do not know. I have Verizon too. They had to install their sim card in order for it to work.
613170
you can get the pre-paid data plan from att for this hot-spot, I used a SIM from the GoPhone section from wal-mart, activated online and works great(had straight talk hot spot-pretty crappy), if you don't used a lot of data then 1.5Gb for $25 a month you should get, or if a lot there is the 5Gb for $50, monthly left over data DOES NOT carry over, get expensive trying to buy blocks of DATA at 500Mb for $10 if you used up all your DATA for the allotted monthly package
879571
You use your internet. Wireless or wired internet. I don't pay them anything. I am using the free plan and my own internet. Hope this helps!
290267
I did that today. My phone is active right now WiFi only. I received two free texts from Verizon, so I know the phone is working. I also bought a 15 minute card, but didn't activate it. I set up an account at MyVerizon. They didn't ask for any money.
1732638
I used one all summer. As long as you are in verizon network range it will work. Call Verizon for the data plans.
1070923
No It doesnt work for pay as you go anymore.I just bought one of the other sidekicks on here and got a plan for 500 anytime and free night and weekends with unlimited pic and normal txt for like 45 dollars.Will be like sixty with unlimited internet
2173631
No. I'm sure you can conjure up some VOIP somehow or another, but I'd rather pay the $ and actually have a phone. There are some pretty cheap unlimited plans out there right now, particularly if you use wifi, like this one: http://republicwireless.com/
1242455
I heard from a t-mobile customer service rep that this only works if the phone has been "off the shelf" by March 2013, because T-mobile put a restriction on all prepaid phones still on the shelves at that time, to have to use prepaid SIM cards for 6 months before switching over to a post-paid plan. She said that you need to contact the seller specifically to ask if their phone will work with post-paid plans.
228275
Contact Verizon and find out their plans and rates. I purchasedmy device and never used it because I was able to obtain other service.
2147610
Well I have a pre paid that I only pay as a month to month 50 dollars no contract or anything and I get free text free calling and free high speed internet 4G all the time
1986193
The device does NOT come with pre-paid service. You'll still need to arrange for that. I know it will run on the Verizon system. Don't know about any others. I use a $50/month plan that provides enough for general work. Something like 5 Gbytes. I rarely go over 1 Gbyte or 2. But, I save watching videos and listening to streaming radio until I'm on unlimited internet access at home.
869021
I have been using the phone with a prepaid monthly plan. (Costs me about $54.) I would call their customer service regarding phone cards. And while this is generally a great phone, Verizon customer service SUCKS in my experience. And on top of that, I was actually told by a Verizon sales clerk at one of their stores that prepaid phones utilize fewer cellular towers, which may explain why my phone has little to no reception in an area, while my husband's T-Mobile prepaid phone was fine.
301587
correct, you have to register the internet and pay for Internet through Verizon. Back in the day when I could get an unlimited data plan for $20 a month it was a pretty good deal but with the direction they're going in it's a pretty big rip off now. Unfortunately I don't know of any alternatives for you. If you have an unlimited data plan on your phone a good computer guy can often sync your phones Bluetooth to your computer so that your computer will run off of your phones internet. that is what I did. Good luck.
2051465
You can use it on a normal post-paid shared data-only plan as well, if you like. Either way, get your SIM from Verizon. There's also been a firmware update in the last few months to support the newer Verizon LTE technologies (what's now branded as "XLTE," I believe). In some cases this should get you better or faster performance - partly due to mitigating network congestion.
529084
I had unlimited data on Verizon before they got rid of unlimited. I took this to my Verizon store and I got to keep my plan without a contract! Hope this helped!
1874350
I do not know if it can be used as a pre-paid phone, but I have the $45 a month unlimited plan, and I did use the SIM card from an older phone, and it works. It can NOT be used with T-Mobile, or Consumer Cellular SIM cards due to the number that they use to activate the phone has a different type of activation set up number.
1854522
I used AT&T. The Internet connection from my prepaid plan didnt work, I dont know why. Besides that its a really good phone, wifi worked great. Its up to you to take the risk.