Prepaid vs Postpaid...

well I know that most of the teenagers have the prepaid. I would not get my teenager a regular cell phone. she would be going over her minutes every month and then I would be stuck with the bill. So yes I would go with the prepaid for the teenagers. I have Qwest for my cell phone. I picked this one because calls home are free too. Not just within the network plus I can upgrade at any time without having to restart my contract.

In our country, cellphone usage is very popular. Almost everyone has a cellphone especially students and teenagers. One of the reasons why most teenagers only have prepaid is because postpaid plans also require some qualifications including credit check and the easiest way for the teenagers to own these plans is to have their parents sign up for them or act as a supplement to their parents' cellphone plans. Post paid offers are very good plans especially for those people who are already members of the workforce. Most teenagers use too much of their plan credits and go beyond the limits very easily.

who paid for the teenagers phone bill?parent paid.if you have kid and want to take control their monthly phone bill,prepaid is the best choice,no money,no outgoing call.if you can afford unexpected high amount phone bill,then you can apply post paid plan for them,you'll have monthly headache. :)

which mobile plan.... normal plan .. def. not pre-paid. because got discount from Green Color Service Provider.

same as ahnah, i also using post-paid coz i got discount. but it's from the red colour one instead. am going to cancel my green colour one when the contract is up. got the green line coz of the i-mode trail but didn't like it. i like to try new things but will use it if it suits my lifestyle. pre-paid cards are just not convenient enough for me, especially if one is overseas. btw, i'm not a frequent user so i'm always only paying the subscription only, for the lowest plan :p there are many reasons why a person will go for prepaid cards. for foreigners working in singapore, they've got to pay a deposit for post-paid accounts which not many can afford, so they go for prepaid instead. also, the need to have a mailing/billing address might be beyond them e.g. maids or construction workers who live at worksites.

In my country, prepaid offer cheaper rate especially for text massages and therefore it is popular here. Normally only hardcore businessman will go for postpaid because they usually make phone call. The present rate for text messages in my country is 1 cent per text.

i use prepaid, it is more convenient for me.. i can control the amount of spendings i have. as for the fixed rate, yes they have better plans and have free minutes of talk time to spare too. but if you have a plan for your CP, you might not be able to control your spendings.

well....i think its better with the prepaid ...as there is always some instability in our expences .... so they just keep to prepaid...that whenever they have money...

I've been a post paid subscriber for two years now and I definitely like this better than the prepaid subscription. At least I don't have to worry about not having enough load especially if an emergency arises. I'd rather go over my budget than take the risk of not having enough.

Im a prepaid users.It right that i used it for mostly messaging matters.If for calls,its hard to maintain a long usage of amount there.I rarely makes calls,so that is one of the reason. Now here,there are two prepaid service that have a low price with a large amount of money inside.That's cool.Like example,pay $28 for the credits of $128 while another service have another way of catching their own customers.The also caters those overseas call and messages.They have to convince their users that they are the best.I feel of getting that too as i have trips out of Singapore.

I am using postpaid, I've never used prepaid before. I'm just too lazy to purchase the top up amount if my prepaid runs out of money. although I'm using postpaid, I do keep track of my calls and make sure that I use my mobile wisely. .

well i am using prepaid only...but in my city chennai it is not as you say...bith prepaid and post paid are comparable in the costs... but i use prepaid cos i want to limit my mobile usage....

i use prepaid plan.. because here in the philippines.. prepaids plans are more less cost.. because the telecom services offer great savings for peoples..

If I were still schooling, I would definitely choose Pre-Paid. Reason being, at that time when mobile phones are getting popular and you have to be tied down with a two-year post-paid contract, I don't have a monthly salary and my usage is low. Whether or not I finished the amount of call time or sms allocated, I have to pay a flat monthly rate of $25. That is a lot for a student!

Well, there is avery simple reason for why teens go in for the prepaid plans, 1) Messaging is usually free 2) If they have a postpaid, they dont keep tabs on how much they are spending, and this results in bills more than they can afford(out of their allowance that is...)

I was on a prepaid service because I didn't use my cell phone that much. But I discovered that they were deducting $1 per day from my account, even on days when the phone wasn't even turned off. I figured that meant I was paying $30 per month plus usage charges, which came out to an average of about $50 per month total. Once I found that out, I switched to a regular monthly plan with a contract.

I think you are quite right. Pre paid plans are popular among students as they have limited pocket money. I will explain my experience. I used to spend around Rs.400 (US $10) a moth on my pre paid connection which roseup to around Rs 700 (US $17) a month when I moved to post paid. My phone bill expenditure rose up to 170% once I moved up towards post paid plan. The fact is that call rates are cheap with post paid, and this makes us use it a looooooooot! The benefits with post paid is that we never run out of balance and validity period of our connection. Also, it comes out to be really cheap when our monthly usage of phone is very high.

I now have a pre-paid connection from Airtel. Earlier I had post-paid. Then I was always troubled by faulty bills. At least now have my peace of mind.

I have a prepaid plan as it offers much better rates than postpaid.Man Prepaid Rocks.

Well, i am 20 years old and i am using a prepaid service. The fact is that, teenagers do not have any source of income, so they cannot go for postpaid services since if the final bill becomes too high, it is difficult to manage. I think prepaid services are the best for the teenagers because they know they have to retain money in their accounts for urgent needs and they will be careful about spending time over the phone and talking and hence that can do them good.