PhoneNews.com can confirm that PagePlus will make the biggest change to its $55 “The 55” unlimited voice/messaging plan on June 6th when the monthly data access on the plan will be increased from the current 1GB monthly limit to 2GB of monthly access, making the offering competitive with similar services. The main advantage to this plan on Page Plus is the BYOD option of the service as PagePlus allows activation of older Verizon smartphones and feature phones on the plan, though it still will not activate the Verizon iPhone.
As it stands, The $55 service plan is also notable for being one of the few flat-rate unlimited service plans with all of the associated ancillary fees and taxes included, much in the way MetroPCS does for its service plans, making the plan superior to Verizon’s own prepaid offerings in the Unleashed flat-rate service and the standard prepaid service which recently rolled out an $80 plan for smartphones with 1GB of data access per month.
The plan does have a caveat in that current subscribers on the current 55 Plan with 1GB of data must wait until their service cycle ends on or after June 6th in order to receive the increased data allotment and the plan cannot be renewed with the new allotment mid-cycle. With this new change, Page Plus is clearly becoming a viable alternative to Verizon’s own prepaid services which either nickel and dime prepaid customers for features now common to flat-rate service or price them out of comfortable prices for most customers.
The increase in the data limit may also signal a change in Verizon’s perception of prepaid as a whole, as the carrier recently signed a new deal with competing MVNO StraightTalk to carry the rebranded Samsung Illusion with data access for $45, where previously, Verizon was seen as openly hostile to the idea of such an offering only 18 months ago. With the seeming saturation of the postapaid voice market in the US and the increasing appeal of such flat-rate services in comparison. It looks like Verizon is indeed starting to ease up on its stance regarding cheaper data access for MVNOs and users of such services will undoubtedly reap the benefits of such positive changes.
They may not like it when you activate the iPhone on Page Plus, but it can be done because my wife is using a Verizon iPhone on Page Plus right now.
Yes, you can activate a used iPhone on Page Plus. It is official. It’s on Howard Forums and a variety of other forums. If you doubt it, call Page Plus customer support and ask them.
We were the first to report a long time ago that iPhones could be activated on Page Plus. Page Plus however responded by sending a memo to all resellers stating that it was unsupported.
This created a chilling effect where many retailers were afraid to activate iPhone, fearing reprisal if they did. Hence, many still make you tick off a box acknowledging that you aren’t activating an iPhone.
Page Plus’s refusal to comment on the matter is emblematic of the problem. Clearly, Verizon Wireless (or Apple) does not want MVNOs activating iPhone.
Problem is, Verizon committed to the FCC, and to consumers, that their devices were unsubsidized, and hence, free to activate on other carriers (including their own MVNOs).
I suspect the issue will become more moot as Cricket just announced iPhone on prepaid, ending the long-time resistance from Apple to formally permit prepaid sales of iPhone.
“Page Plus’s refusal to comment on the matter is emblematic of the problem. Clearly, Verizon Wireless (or Apple) does not want MVNOs activating iPhone.”
Clearly, you are wrong. That was then, this is now. Page Plus WILL comment on the matter. Did you even read my post? IT IS OFFICIAL. Page Plus OFFICIALLY supports used iPhones on their network. Don’t take my word for it, CALL AND TALK TO PAGE PLUS before you continue to report this erroneous information.
Page Plus posted an official announcement regarding the iPhone on Page Plus yesterday (May 31, 2012) on HoFo:
From Denny Scher:
“There has been much confusion surrounding the activation of Apple iPhones on Page Plus Cellular. This confusion has been fueled, in part, by inconsistent responses from authorized Page Plus dealers, and from some Page Plus Customer Service Representatives.
Dealers were notified via email on February 10th, 2011 that Apple iPhones are NOT to be activated on Page Plus. This has not changed, and there has been no corporate communication issued to dealers since then that would contradict that message. The message is very clear and straightforward: Apple iPhones are still not allowed to be activated on Page Plus. Should an iPhone be activated on Page Plus, it will be subject to suspension or deactivation. I am not going to go post this in every thread in which there is an iPhone discussion, so let this serve as the official company stance on this matter.
Please do not expect me to respond to a million questions, or the same one asked a million times – the answer is, still no iPhones. Rest assured that we will issue an announcement to our dealers if the situation changes.”
I think it’s hillarious that Page Plus won’t say why they won’t permit iPhone.
I think it’s a shame the FCC hasn’t opened an inquiry.
You can activate the iPhone but it must not be known that you have an iPhone. If you come to the retail location and they see it’s an iPhone then they are not going to activate it. If you submit it online such as going to the BYOD Activation site at http://www.mypageplusactivation.com they can not tell that you have an iPhone so they have no choice but to activate it for you.
Yes you can, I have an iPhone 4s on PagePlus Cellular
I have an Iphone 4 I’m trying to use on my page plus account. What can I do to get it switched over? Page plus themselves won’t do it. I just asked
Ashley,
As of this time, Page Plus Cellular has not removed their latest ban on iPhone on their network. They have refused to comment to PhoneNews.com consistently when we have asked for details. Verizon Wireless and Apple have also refused to respond to multiple requests for comment.