RingPlus is launching two new Mad Promotions starting at 9 PM PST on December 5th, 2016 and lasting until 9 PM PST on December 6th. The plans are billed per day and per use.
Mad Daily Cent
The mad daily cent plan costs 1 cent per day to maintain, as well as 1 cent per minute, text, MMS or MB of full speed data. An auto top up of $9.99 plus tax is required for the plan.
Add ons may be purchased priced at 1 cent per day for voicemail in either English or Spanish, and 1 cent per day for three way calling, and call waiting. Tethering is included.
Mad One Quarter Plan
The Mad Daily One Quarter Plan costs 25 cents per day (approximately $7.50/month) and it includes unlimited data with variable speeds, unlimited text and MMS picture messaging. Voice is charged at a rate of 10 cents per minute.
The purchase of an add on is required in order to use this plan. A minimum top up balance of 5 cents is required and the plans auto top up charge is $5 plus tax.
Add Ons
These add ons auto renew, and data lasts for 3 months
- 1 GB LTE data, $14.99
- 2 GB LTE data, $24.99
- 4 GB LTE data, $39.99
- 8 GB LTE data, $74.99
Member+ Add Ons
These add ons auto renew and last for 6 months
- 1.25 GB LTE data, $0
- 1 GB LTE data, $11.99
- 2 GB LTE data, $19.99
- 4 GB LTE data, $34.99
- 8 GB LTE data, $69.99
Additional add ons can be purchased billed at 1 cent per day for either/or 1) voicemail in English or Spanish, 2) three way calling and call waiting, 3) tethering.
No matter which plan you choose, bring your own device is supported.
Both plans seem best suited for low use subscribers, and/or those who don't talk on their phone a lot.
No word on if these plans count as paid plans or free plans that require making successful outgoing calls every 60 days.
They released two plans without explanation. Mad Upside Down Banana and MAD Free Building Block. Banana is only available to new activations or people on Truly Free, Holding Plan, or something similar.
In typical RingPlus fashion, more questions than answers. Is Banana going to cost $3.99/regular billing cycle (30 days) or every 14 days? In one place, it says $3.99/month and in another place, it says $3.99/14 days. If that’s not bad enough, parts of the plan has Add-Ons that are 30 day items and others that are 14 day items. Also, you have to choose a variety of required Add-Ons and so far once you choose, you can’t change your mind later (most likely an oversight). The first one is either $5 activation fee or $1.99/month Tethering fee and I included all of them below.
Required Add Ons
This plan requires you purchase extra Add Ons to qualify.
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
Tethering $1.99 every 30 days Auto Renews
Activation Fee $5 $5.00 Does Not Auto Renew
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
None Free every 14 days Auto Renews
3-Way Calling & Call Waiting $2.00 every 30 days Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
None Free every 14 days Auto Renews
Voice mail in Spanish $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Voicemail in English $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
Data Saving speed 32k Free every 14 days Auto Renews
Data economy speed 64k $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Data usage speed 128k $1.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Data fast speed 256k $2.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Data high speed 512k $3.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Full Speed – Free Trial – $5 after 2 weeks Free for the first 14 days
$4.99 every 14 days thereafter Auto Renews
Two updates: they still haven’t came out with an official response, but they did change the plan to $3.99/14 days in the two places it was showing /month. The plan is still only for new activations or those with Truly Free or Holding Plan lines.
The second update is the addition of a new weekly plan that is available to anyone. Mad Banana Split comes with a free week trial. It does have $20 Auto Top-up if your balance is $5 or less and you can switch to Mad Free Building Block if you don’t like the plan.
Most interesting things about this plan are 500 Talk minutes/week, unlimited SMS text/week, 0 (as in none) MMS – either pay/MMS or buy unlimited MMS for $0.99/week, 500 MB (speed depends on how much $ you want to spend 32KB for free to see chart below first chart as it gets too complicated). Also, if it’s like the other plan, grab the speed you want now since you may not be able to change it later. Cost of overages depends on choice: $0.10/unit (free) or $0.04/unit (cost is $0.25/30 days.
The one paid required Add-on option you have to choice for Banana Split and it’s not clear if that’s $0.99/week (which it seems to be) to have ZERO MMS and get charged $0.10 or $0.04 per MMS in addition to the $0.99/week or if it’s $0.99/MMS. If it’s the first way, the feds tend to take a dim view of making people pay to have no service. Personally, it should be $0.00 and you get the 4 cent or dime overage rate. As a friend said, best to disable MMS in this case so as to not worry about it. The other paid option is unlimited video and picture for $1.99 every two weeks.
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
MMS at overage rate $0.99 every 7 days Auto Renews
Unlimited Video and Picture messaging $1.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Regular Monthly Minutes SMS MMS Mobile Data Overages
MAD Banana Split 1-week Free Trial
afterward: $1.99 tax/week
$20 AUTO TOP UP if BALANCE
REACHES $5 OR LESS
or downgrade to:
MAD Free Building Block
$0/mo 200Talk,Text 550 MB
No activation Fee 2,000 Minutes per month
(500 Minutes each week) Unlimited Billed at overage rate
Unlimited available $0.99/week 2,000 MB a month (500 MB every weeks
billing cycle) Bottomless (Data Saving Speed) $0.10 cents for Free/mo
$0.04 cents for $0.25/mo
Second chart:
Required Add Ons
This plan requires you purchase extra Add Ons to qualify.
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
None Free every 14 days Auto Renews
Tethering (Phone as a modem) $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
MMS at overage rate $0.99 every 7 days Auto Renews
Unlimited Video and Picture messaging $1.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
Data Saving speed 32k Free every 14 days Auto Renews
Data economy speed 64k $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Data usage speed 128k $1.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Data fast speed 256k $2.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Data high speed 512k $3.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Full Speed – Free Trial – $5 after 2 weeks Free for the first 14 days
$4.99 every 14 days thereafter Auto Renews
1 GB 4G LTE, Member , Expires and Auto-renews in 6 months $11.99 every 6 months Auto Renews
4 GB 4G LTE, Member , Expires and Auto-renews in 6 months $34.99 every 6 months Auto Renews
8 GB 4G LTE, Member , Expires and Auto-renews in 6 months $69.99 every 6 months Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
None Free every 14 days Auto Renews
3-way calling call waiting $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
None Free every 14 days Auto Renews
Voice mail in Spanish $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Voicemail in English $0.99 every 14 days Auto Renews
Choose between one of the following Add Ons:
Overage 10 cent Free every 30 days Auto Renews
Overages 4 Cent $0.25 every 30 days Auto Renews