How much are activation fees for AT&T?
This is the fee you incur when you commence a particular line of service with AT&T. This fee is charged on a one-time basis to defray the costs of establishing your account with us. Activation fees in AT&T depend on the type of plan you select and the device you wish to engage with. Here is an overview of AT&T's current activation fees: Here is an overview of AT&T's current activation fees:
New Phone on Contract Plan – Contract Activation Fee $45. For instance, if you opt for a subsidized phone under a two-year contract plan, the activation cost is $45 per new line. It applies to both consumer and business accounts.
No-Contract Phone Plans – The plans come with a $25 activation fee. If you own your device or buy an unlocked device to use on a no-contract AT&T plan, then the activation fee reduces to $25 per line. This encompasses AT&T’s prepaid and postpaid monthly plans, but not the postpaid annual plans which have already been mentioned.
Connected Devices – $10 activation fee. For tablets, hotspots, wearables, and laptops with cellular connectivity options, AT&T may charge $10 for each device added to an account.
Number Port-In – $15 transfer fee. If you wish to transfer or “port-in” your existing phone number from another company to AT&T you will be charged $15 per number transferred. This is over and above any activation fee that may be required by the service provider.
Upgrade Fee – This fee totals $45. Owners of current AT&T phones who opt to upgrade their phones in exchange for a newly subsidized phone are charged a fee of $45 per phone. This upgrade fee replaces the activation fee This upgrade fee replaces the activation fee.
Activation/Upgrade – Do not forget that starting the service/switching to a new one, you will have to pay additional amounts which AT&T includes monthly device access charges, plan fees, feature charges, and taxes & government fees in the bill. These can substantially raise the overall monthly cost.
Activation, upgrade, and transfer fees are quite likely to reach significant figures when activating or transferring multiple lines to AT&T. Here are some tips to minimize these AT&T fees: Here are tips to minimize these AT&T fees:
No-Contract Devices – Since these devices come at higher costs than subsidized devices, you will not be locked into a contract to pay higher activation fees and upgrade fees in the future. However, please note that you will be paying for phones bought this way at retail prices.
Prepaid Plans- AT&T Prepaid Plans: no contracts come with $25 activation fees. It should be noted that there are no early termination fees if one wishes to terminate the service. And guess what? Monthly access fees are relatively cheaper than postpaid as well!
Bring Your Device – If you already have a compatible unlocked device, you won’t have to pay activation fees at all – you just pop your new SIM card into your phone. Or ask for a new SIM card to activate your mobile phone.
Online Account Activation – At times, when one activates the online account, instead of going through an AT&T store, the service providers may have cut offers such as a reduction or removal of the activation fees.
Buy in Bundles - AT&T has multiple line packages that provide account-level pricing to make the per-line fees lower. Combining home and internet services also opens other opportunities for savings.
From this, you can see that activation and upgrade fees are almost compulsory when subscribing to AT&T. However, adhering to the money-saving tips above enables you to avoid most of the fees that are levied each time you add a new device or subscribe to a new line of service. Do not forget that there are also taxes and other charges that contribute to the increase of your total cell phone bill. It’s easy to save a couple of pennies so that you do not have to worry about spending a lot of money when your first AT&T bill is due.
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