AT&T Cell Phone Plans AT&T cell phone plans offer an great array of cost-effective wireless services, including voice, data and Internet services. The company has a long history with wireless services, starting from 1947 when AT&T Bell Laboratories invented the wireless phone service. From then on, the company has remained innovative. As an example of this, the company introduced nationwide single rate digital calling plans in 1998.
Customer care has been a strong selling point for AT&T cell phone plans, and as a prove of that the company has, in the past, won both the J.D. Power & Associates award for customer satisfaction and Yankee Group #1 rating for customer care in wireless. The national coverage area where you can make and receive calls with the AT&T cell phone plans is wide and comprehensive. The map below shows the approximate coverage areas where you can make and receive calls with AT&T cell phone plans. The company was acquired by Cingular in 2004, making the combined entity a giant with some 50 million wireless customers. As for the future, AT&T Wireless introduced GPRS network services back in 2001. Now, the company is working at providing actual 3G cellular services that deliver data transmission up to 2MB per second. In fact, AT&T Wireless has already introduced EDGE technology (which is seen by many as 2.75G, not 3G), with wireless transfer speeds up to 200 kbps. You'll need a specific EDGE handset/cell phone plan to access the network. The plans below were checked for ZIP code 10021, and availability and prices can vary for other locations.
AT&T Cell Phone Plans - GSM America National PlansInexpensive AT&T cell phone plans for coast-to-coast calling within the AT&T's network (no roaming or long distance fees within the AT&T network).Monthly Fees: $39.99-$299.99Monthly Airtime (anytime minutes): 450-5,500 minutesRate after included airtime: $0.35-$0.45AT&T Cell Phone Plans - GSM America Local PlansGreat plans if you do most of your calling close to home. Monthly Fees: $19.99-$299.99Monthly Airtime (anytime minutes): 45-6,300 minutesRate after included airtime: $0.35-$0.45AT&T Cell Phone Plans - Pay As You Go PlansAT&T has been on the forefront of the prepaid revolution. The prepaid offers for AT&T are offered under the "GoPhone" (paid by the month) and "Free2Go" (paid by the minute) brands. Now there's also something called "Ogo", which offers IM, E-mail, and text messaging, all in one package. In order to start calling with prepaid, you need to buy a prepaid phone (the package usually includes some minutes to get you talking immediately).
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