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Cellphones: Prepaid Cellphones or Subscribe to Cellphone Providers
By magicnoire
@magicnoire (102)
United States
June 11, 2007 11:45am CST
There are a lot of cellphone providers that have come out with their line of prepaid cellphones and there are also new players providing cellphone service on one year or two-year contracts to subscribers. I'm really at a loss as to which one is better -- the prepaid cellphone or the subscription one with a contract. Any advice or input will be most welcome. Pros and cons of one or both will be a good help. Also, which cellphone provider is better, there are a lot of providers out there like AT&T/Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel and Alltel, but which one is really better, costwise, servicewise,etc.?
1 response
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
14 Jun 07
I have tried both types of cell phones. My preference is the prepaid cell phone, as I'm only paying for minutes I have used and no monthly fee. The difference is now I'm paying $15.00 every three months and had been paying $29.95 a month. This has been a big savings, as I have had a prepaid phone for a year.
I had AT/T, which gave me good service, but was tired of paying for minutes I didn't need and had no plans of using my phone more often.
Now I have Virgin Mobile, which has complete coverage in my area. The problem with this choice is its not available everywhere. There is no reason to get a cell phone, if you can't make and receive calls.
@magicnoire (102)
• United States
14 Jun 07
How did you manage just paying $15 every 3 months? My friend has a cingular to go phone and she pays $15 every month coz her minutes are only good for 30 days.
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
15 Jun 07
I get a discount for paying my bill with my credit card or it would be $20.00 for 3 months. Visit the Virgin Mobile Web Site to learn more about their products. Its not for everyone, but has been working for me and my daughter. My daughter is a college student and her bill is the same as mine. It requires paying close attention to the number of minutes used to keep your bill low like our bills.
@magicnoire (102)
• United States
15 Jun 07
Thanks fishmomma. I'll check on virgin mobile to see if it would work for me.
