What are some local phone services available to individuals with poor or no credit history?

Both T-Mobile and Sprint offer phone services to customers without performing a credit check. T-Mobile's Simple Choice North America plan requires no credit check. This plan includes unlimited talk, text and data and allows users to roll their unused data quota to the following month.

T-Mobile also offers family plans with up to five phone lines without a credit check. At Sprint, customers can get up to three phone lines with the company's unlimited phone plan that costs $70 per month without a credit check. As of 2015, there is an activation fee of $35 per line. Existing Sprint customers may need to open a new account in order to sign up for a phone plan with no credit check.