| I was a big holdout before I finally broke down and got | | | | you add time to a phone card. Though the individual |
| myself a cellular phone. I didn't really think it was that | | | | minutes are more expensive ($.25 for the first 10 |
| more convenient than using a land line, and I definitely | | | | minutes of every day and $.10 for every minute |
| didn't want people to get a hold of me whenever they | | | | thereafter, no roaming and no time restrictions, text |
| wanted to. I liked the little bit of anonymity I had and | | | | messages for $.10 apiece) if you're not using your cell |
| usually despised it when friends would get up from a | | | | phone very often you can end up saving a lot of |
| nice dinner to answer their cell phones. It didn't help the | | | | money. I usually end up paying only $10 or so every |
| matter that most of my friends were spending | | | | month for my service, which is a lot better than what |
| between twenty and forty dollars every month to | | | | most of my friends are paying. |
| cover their cell phone bills; the only way I could afford | | | | Regardless of the service provider, prepaid cellular |
| to pay that much for a phone was if I decided to stop | | | | phones do have their drawbacks. One of the best |
| eating for a month or two. | | | | perks my friends with standard cellular plans have is |
| You'll note that all of the last paragraph was in | | | | that they usually get free nights and weekends, which I |
| past-tense since I did, in fact, buy a cell phone. It wasn't | | | | don't get with my prepaid phone. The phone isn't quite |
| the standard pay-through-the-nose plan though; I got a | | | | as good as the phones which usually come either for |
| prepaid cellular phone and managed to get almost all | | | | free or at steep discounts with the standard plans, |
| of the perks of cell phone usage without the gigantic | | | | though my phone was free, has a full color screen, |
| fees or multi-year commitments. I picked up a Virgin | | | | and has full internet access, so I can't complain too |
| prepaid cellular phone from Target and, with a special | | | | much. Overall, I'm extremely pleased with my prepaid |
| sale, got the phone for free. Unlike most cellular phone | | | | cellular phone, though I wouldn't suggest it to anyone |
| plans which require multi-year commitments and huge | | | | who plans on spending a lot of time talking on his or |
| fees for using too many minutes, prepaid cellular | | | | her cell phone. |
| phones allow you to top up time in the same way that | | | | |