Who Needs a Prepaid Phone?

I had Sprint for five years and was paying about $65 a month. In September, I cancelled that service and went with a pre-paid plan. I don't talk much and really did not need all the "bells and whistles". I got a Tracfone for $30 which offered double minutes each time I added minutes. $20 a month is what I pay now for the minutes I add each month...that's a savings of $45. Great deal, I think.

Prepaid is the way to go if you talk a lot. I run my own business and 99% of the calls I get are on my cell. I have had Metro PCS for 6 years, and not having to worry about overages is a great thing. I also got the Boost phones for all my teenagers. That way they can talk, text, take pictures, etc. and I dont have to worry about getting aa huge bill at the end of the month.

Pre Paid Phone's don't have great service. If you send a text message to another phone it could take up to 10 minutes just for that message to come through. But if you don't text, it's a great deal. I saw a Trac phone at Walmart for $10.

You didn't mention Tracfone. Twenty bucks for the phone and sixty for 300 minutes which I do't use in a whole year!

Bruce

Had sprint/nextel, 3 lines, 700 minutes, used about 250 minutes, no roll-over, paid 135.00 a month. I got rid of all that and switched to Boost Mobile w/walkie-talki unlimited for 50.00 for myself. Now that my kids have to pay the 3 lines, they want to switch over to boost.

I've been using Virgin Mobile. I think it's great. You have to load $20.00 every 90 days Which is good for me, this is just a spare I use for a small business. If you talk alot, I would switch to a unlimited plan that they have going on nowadays- I heard Virgin Mobile, now has a play $49.99 unlimited talk and text and no contract - that sounds good, I never tried it because in addition to my pre-paid phone, I also have a Contract line with Verizon. If you have time on your hands please write a lonely prisoner: www.writesomeoneinprison.com They would love to hear from you! Thanks

i have tracfone and have had it for years. i got the phone for free have even upgraded the phone for free. i get the year plans. 400 or 800 mins for a years time for $100-150. so $100/yr for cell cannot beat that. i only use it for emergency or on vacation. the time rolls over.

My husband and I each have a NET10 phone. It's $30. for TWO months, always works, seldom has "dead" areas for reception/transmission. Perfect for us -- we never lose the unused minutes (I have 3000+), don't use it a whole lot but VERY dependable when necessary, has enough bells and whistles to keep most people happy. The screen tells you when your next 60 day period is approaching so coverage doesn't lapse, you can add the next 2 months online, very uncomplicated and we LOVE it.

The third line we have (as a package with T-Mobile) is only ten bucks. That means we get three lines for about ninety dollars. That doesn't include texting however.

i love sprint they have great service and great phones. they now have a plan which is 69.99 for unlimited talk to any carrier, unlimited text/picturemail/web browsing and 450 mins.

I switched to tracfone years ago & average $10 a month. I have better service with my "cheap" phone that my husband had with nextel @ $70 a month.

I have had Virgin Mobile for 5 years now and love it. The coverage area is better than some of my friends who have those pricey plans. You can even get a text package at 5.99 for 1000 txts per month. Plus you can see all the phone calls in and out online, which is great if you have a teen.