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Prepaid wireless?
| Mon, 05-09-2005 - 1:04pm |
My dh and I have a cell phone plan through Sprint (incredibly cheap but service area isn't great in the area we live now), and the contract expires this month. Anyhow, we are thinking about cancelling this plan and going with prepaid. (I cannot go without a cell phone b/c my dd's therapy provider requires that I have one in order to leave the house, else I would have to stay home during her therpay. which is not always practical.) Anyhow, right now we only have one phone, but dh has said that he wants one too. So anyhow, since 2 phone plans seem to start at about $60, and we don't use our phones that much (well, more than we used to b/c we no longer have LD on our home phone, though I can get cheap calling cards at Sam's Club...), I was just thinking maybe two prepaids would be better for us. So I am jsut wondering if anyone out there has any experiences, either good or bad, to share about prepaid wireless. I would love to get rid of another monthly bill!!! Heather

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I went back to tracfone (pay as you go) and it works great! ~Nicki
DH and I also have Virgin Mobile, and we're very satisfied.
Hello....I was just passing thru and wanted to give my 2 cents.
Yes, I use about $20.00 worth of airtime every 4-6 weeks too. It's a lot better than $49.99 a month! If someone calls me on my cell to chat, I just ask them if I can call them back when I get home. I don't like to chat while doing errands or shopping. I lose my concentration too easily. Driving with a cell phone? Fuggetaboutit! It's illegal anyway unless you have hands free set and I can't hear the caller on those sets at all.
Nicki, I'm glad you got to sell the phone on E-Bay for more than you paid! You must live in one of those areas Virgin hasn't covered. Trac Phone seems to be the most widely used. I got Virgin, because a friend reccommended it. I've had pretty good service so far.
I would ask other people in your area how their cell phone reception is and what provider they use. Sometimes its the phone and sometimes it the provider. A friend of my also has verison and we can be side by side and my phone will have reception while hers will not. (My is a company phone with verizon)
Verizon has "in network" which means you do not pay for calls to other verizon customers, but I do not know if that applies to prepay cards.
Good luck!
Sandra
Good luck!
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