Verizon: 11 Facts To Know Before You Sign Up

From Verizon's website:

• Unlimited calls to Canada and Mexico
• International calling to 220+ destinations starting at $0.05 per minute. (This is cheaper than the standard pay-per-minute rate, which starts at $0.49 per minute).

From Verizon’s website:

• Unlimited calls to Mexico and Canada.
• International calling to 220+ countries starting at $0.05/min.

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From Verizon’s website:

• Choose from 93 countries and get up to 300 calling minutes to a country of your choice.
• After your allowance, you’ll get discounted rates to your selected country.
• Discounted calling to 220+ other countries.
• Unlimited calling to Mexico & Canada.

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Verizon’s Monthly International Travel Plan is intended to be used for longer trips. It bundles a monthly allotment of minutes, texts, and MB of data that remains active on your account until you remove it.

The Monthly International Travel plan is $100 per month in addition to the cost of your regular Verizon plan. This plan works in 185+ compatible countries.

It includes the following features:

• 250 minutes
• 1,000 sent text messages
• Unlimited received text messages
• 5GB high-speed cellular data

If you run out of minutes, texts, or data, Verizon will charge you the following overage rates:

• $0.25/minute
• $0.05/sent text
• $20/GB

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Verizon’s Pay As You Go rates allow you to pay per minute, per text, and per MB of data that you use internationally.

You will only be charged international pay as you go rates if you choose to enable international service on your account, and you decide not to get Verizon’s TravelPass or Monthly International Plan.

If you do not enable international service, then you will not be charged the pay as you go rates.

Verizon’s pay as you go rates are as follows:

• $0.99/minute: Canada, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
• $1.79/minute: 130+ countries
• $2.99/minute: 80+ countries
• $0.50/text sent: all countries
• $0.05/text received: all countries
• $0.25/MMS sent or received: all countries
• $2.05/MB: all countries

These rates may be reasonable for lighter international data users. However, they can be quite expensive for more moderate to heavy use. For example, using 1GB of cellular data costs $2,050 with Verizon’s pay as you go rate system.

Be mindful of Verizon’s pay as you go rates if you choose to enable international features and do not opt for either the daily TravelPass or Monthly International Travel Plan.

Verizon’s TravelPass is an add-on available for their postpaid plans that allows you to use your phone while traveling abroad.

The TravelPass includes the following features:

• Unlimited minutes
• Unlimited texts
• 0.5GB of high-speed data, then data speeds slowed to 128Kbps
• Hotspot support (hotspot deducts from 0.5GB high-speed data allowance)
• Available in 185+ countries

You can add a TravelPass to your Verizon plan by texting “travel” to 4004, or by following this link.