Company Overview

Venture Mobile’s tagline is “a leader in the communications industry” but its official website does not give much information about its company profile. All that can be readily confirmed is that this company is based in Washington and offers traditional voice and data services. It appears that the coverage is provided by the Sprint, with the phones operating in both digital and analog networks.

Prepaid Plans

There are 11 Pay As You Go plans available for Venture Mobile and all of them include night and weekends. The customers are required to keep nights and weekends days in order for the account to stay active.

Pros and Cons

You may keep your Venture Mobile account active as long as you have an active Pay As You Go plan. These plans include unlimited calling at nighttime and during weekends. However, the service period of each plan is very short and if you don’t consume the minutes by the last day of the service period, they are lost. The phones are also basic with data capabilities that are very minimal. The Venture Mobile website is difficult to navigate and getting information out of it is tough.

Features

Minutes

The minutes on the Pay As You Go plans vary depending on the denomination you purchase: $10 includes 60 minutes, the $12 plan doesn’t have any minutes except the nights and weekends, $20 has 120 minutes, $30 has 200 minutes, $40 has 300 minutes, $35 has 250 minutes, $50 has 375 minutes, the $60 has 450 minutes, $80 has 600 minutes, $100 has 800 minutes and $120 has 1000 minutes. The shorter the service period of the plan is, the more expensive the price gets. 

Data

Venture Mobile provides data or web access. There are two daily rates available: $0.20 which allows web usage for $2.35 per megabyte and $0.30 which allows web usage and MMS for $2.35 per megabyte.

Text and picture

Sending and receiving text messages is 8 cents per message. There is no bundled plan to include unlimited texting. Picture messaging is supported by MMS and is included in the daily access rate of $0.30 which per megabyte charge of $2.35.

International

The website does not give information on international dialing but you may contact customer service on available rates.

Calling Features

Standard features include basic voicemail, free long distance, caller ID and push to talk.

Long distance

Long distance to anywhere in the country is treated as a regular call and has no additional charge.

911

Yes.

Payment Options

Payments made online are through Visa, MasterCard, Discover credit cards or debit card with Visa or MasterCard logo. Local retailers also accept cash payments. For convenience, you may use to the Autopay function which automatically charges your card when you purchase minutes.

Roaming charge

Every time you go outside of your calling area and pick up a signal from other providers, you get charged 66 cents per minute on top of the minutes consumed. The same applies even if you make a call within the night and weekend hours.

Activation fee

All Pay As you Go plans in the Venture Mobile service do not charge an activation fee.

Minute expiration rules

The minutes on the Pay As You Go plans expire quickly. The $10 plan expires in 7 days; the $12, $20, $30 and $40 plans expire in 15 days; the $35, $50, $60, $80, $100 and $120 plans expire in 30 days. 

Customer Service

You may seek assistance of the Venture Mobile Care by calling the toll-free number provided on the website.

Phones

The available phones are limited. The current models include LG1200, Motorola 720 and Samsung A660.