Tello Mobile - US Prepaid SIM Card (3 in 1) | Bring Your Own Phone Kit | Phone Plans Starting at $5/mo up to $25/mo | Nation-Wide 4G LTE/5G Coverage

The Day you open the Account is your monthly Payment date I wish I knew that before... I was able to change it however it is kind of a pain to do you have to upgrade or in my case down grade your plan on your day of choice this for me meant deactivate for a small charge to keep all information since my plan was all unlimited talk text& data I had to go with a total lesser plan just to get the pay date I need I do like the service easy to use and I plan to upgrade back to unlimited everything on my preferred payment date

As a former Skype number owner, I was looking for a way to keep my number. Porting it to Tello was incredibly easy. Even though they say portability can take up to 5 business days, it literally took less than a minute to get approved!Now, I no longer have to deal with VoIP limitations, like not being able to receive certain OTP messages.I haven't tested the coverage extensively yet, so I can't give a final verdict on that. However, the fact that Tello supports Wi-Fi Calling should help in areas with weak signal.Also, a message sent to customer support was answered in minutes.So far, I'm happy with the switch!

Thank God it worked just as described!Works perfectly well!Great cell phone plans as well (tried both esim and sim)! Value!!Thanks so much - a much needed tool!

This sim card actually is cheaper than going direct to Tello. Considering that you get service on T-Mobile for such low cost it is worth getting for lower needs like cellular connected laptops. I can definitely see people switching if they can accept a plan with limits.

All these reviews are hilarious.5-stars: like someone said, "what's up with all the 5-star reviews?" I agree.....2-star and 1-star: I these people don't know how cell phones and cell networks work.Here's my experience. I'm very pro-privacy so I know a thing or two about how the phones work, how the operating systems work, and how the networks work.I have 4 Tello cards. Long story short, I was only able to activate the first card (as a test). My intentions for this service is to have cellular backup, using cellular routers instead of cellular phones for when we have ISP outages, which we have experienced more frequently in the last couple years: slow is better than none.I had no issues with the first card. The card costed me $2 to my door, then a $10 plan for 2GB and a phone number, for testing. One of my kids is currently using it as a backup phone, so it is currently working. About the phone, it is an eBay special Motorola G7, blah blah blah, unlocked, I flashed LineageOS 21 on it. It's working fine.The next card I tried activating without a phone number, 2GB data-only. This card showed "Pending" for 24 hours, then dropped off my history. Keep in mind, there is no phone involved at this point. The third card, same issue. I even set up a new account to activate, since Amazon will only sell you one card (per purchase), so I thought maybe Tello only allows one card per household. Long story short, I was only able to activate the original card. The other cards are destined for the rubbish bin.Just some education for those who aren't aware, your old AT&T phone, for example, won't work with Tello unless you unlock it first. They are "carrier-locked", to bind you to the service until the end of your contract. Your old T-Mobile phone will probably work, since Tello works over the T-Mobile network, I've never used T-Mobile so I couldn't say 100%.As far as frequencies, I bought a Xiaomi phone about a year ago, hoping to use a really nice phone, but apparently, the frequencies they use don't match US carriers, so some phones like the Xiaomi phones, none of them will work at all, due to the radios. Yes, check to make sure your phone uses US frequencies. If your bought them in the US, they will probably work.I have a Brax Mototola G7 phone and they reset the IMEI, so as far as I know, all the carriers say the "IMEI is invalid", otherwise, your IMEI should be fine is you haven't messed with it. MOST people are not savvy enough to mess with the IMEI, so "invalid IMEI" is pretty rare.As far as customer service, the activation shows "Pending" for about 24 hours, then drops off my history. The last card I tired said "Pending", then "Refunded". You have to option to call them or email them. When I reached out to them via email, they asked to verify my identity. At face value, this seems reasonable, but having not been able to activate 3 out of 4 cards, already having my name, phone number, address from my first card, what more personal information do they want? Let alone, "they don't know me", what more information can they use to "verify me"? Personal data harvesting much? Back to the "Refunded" comment: their website says you don't get charged until you are successfully activated. The last card I tried was never activated, why would I get a refund, unless they charged me before a successful activation?In conclusion, if you are lucky enough to get one of these cards activated, it is fine as long as you're not doing anything demanding with it. I don't use SMS for privacy-reasons either, so I would only order data-only for these services. Perhaps they don't want to sell you "data-only plans". I'm off to find another service and throw all these cards away.

Same price as on Tello website so came in handy to order from Amazon vs web site. Legit, valid 5G SIM card had NO ISSUE WHATSOEVER activating new line at Tello and porting my number in. BTW Tello has great plans and current promotion TOPs the cream., I plan on transferring few numbers to my Tello account based on such fabulous experience that saves $$$ over big 3 giants( ATT, T Mobile and Verizon) in the industry. Give it a try and recommendation will be worth it for sure. I just wished the SIM card was free.

I dont like electronic sim, it is economic coverage is ok better than mint

Great cellphone provider