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