What is the best PREPAID cell phone deal ?

Mark Crnolatas · Post by **Mark Crnolatas** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:38 pm

I prefer to go the Prepaid cell phone route. There are more websites than I care to count all saying they are the best. We now have Trac-fone. Ok I know they are the most expensive and the tech support is terrible, in my opinion, hence the want to change to some other source.

How about some human input?
Recommendations or comments?

Mark Allan Crnolatas

David Lay · Post by **David Lay** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:50 pm

Depends on how much you want to use it, and where.

If you just want to use it in the greater Cleveland area, Revol is pretty tough to beat. $45 for unlimited calls to anywhere in the US.

This may help you:

http://cellphones.about.com/od/prepaid_ ... _plans.htm

DougHuntingdon · Post by **DougHuntingdon** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:22 pm

I would recommend revol.us or else Cingular gophone. I don't know in what part of Lakewood you live, but you may want to find a neighbor who has one of those to verify that the reception is good in your area, especially if you live near any highrises or larger buildings that may block the signal.

When Lakewood gets wifi citywide by 2025, you will be able to use a wireless wifi phone.

Doug

dl meckes · Post by **dl meckes** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:25 pm

I was hearing parents talking around Christmas time about pre-paid phones and several liked Virgin Mobile for their kids.

Check how you buy minutes and how long the minutes last.

David Lay · Post by **David Lay** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:42 pm

My fiancee has Virgin Mobile...it uses Sprint's network, which is known to be spotty in areas. It's 25 cents for the first 10 minutes daily, then 10 cents per minute thereafter.

Coverage-wise, I'd recommend Verizon or Cingular.

Ivor Karabatkovic · Post by **Ivor Karabatkovic** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:50 pm

coverage and service wise I'd recommend verizon. But not for prepaid. only if you were considering contracts though, because I used to be a prepaid customer of verizon and they charge too much. My mom uses my old prepaid phone now, and she ends up dishing out $30 a month for very little amount of minutes.

Grace O'Malley · Post by **Grace O'Malley** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:39 pm

I was just looking for a pre-paid plan for my MIL who is 80. Just need an emergency phone, but I imagine with the free long distance it will get a little more use.

What I found was that many of the services charge a daily access fee, or $1 for each day you use the phone. Well, if you make one call a day, you're up to 30 dollars a month PLUS the ungodly per minute rate.

So, I found this deal from Sprint. For a limited time, you can get the employee referral rate. Go here:

http://sprint.p.delivery.net/m/p/sprint ... anding.asp

Use savings@sprint.com as the employee e-mail. They offer a 29.99 phone, but if you click Change Phone you can select a free phone. For 29.99 a month, you can get 500 anytime minutes, free night and weekend which start at 7PM, and no activation fee.

Its the best deal out there right now.