Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Pay less with Prepaid Wireless

By John Bear

With the changes in the lifestyles of the people, wireless services have become highly in-demand. A form of wireless service is wireless telecommunications. This can be availed of by enrolling in a wireless phone plan or getting prepaid wireless plans. Prepaid cellular phone service is becoming very popular among the mobile phone users these days.

A prepaid, or "pay as you go" plan for your cell phone offers the same convenience as a regular or postpaid plan but with the added benefits of no monthly bill or long term contract. Aside from being free of contracts, prepaid services have also helped people budget the costs of their cell phone bills. You can decide on a network service provider and subscribe to their services by buying talk time in the form of minutes. Whenever your talk time runs out, you can refill it anywhere and anytime.

This service is perfect among people who don't use their mobile phones often and those who plan to use mobile phones solely for emergency situations. It would also be ideal for keeping the use of cell phones by teenagers and pre-teens from getting out of hand.

The main providers of prepaid wireless communication are Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin Mobile, 7-Eleven, Net10, Boost Mobile and Tracfone. These carriers are offering very recommendable pay-as-you-go deals.

Of the many companies that offer prepaid wireless service, Tracfone is probably one of the best. They seem to have the most competitive prices and terms of service among other prepaid service providers. The TracFone website alone will help you track down all the available prepaid units so that you can find out if they are available in your area and this includes all the prepaid plans they offer. Moreover, they have a one-year activation service, which is perfect for people just needing a wireless phone for emergency purposes.

You can get stylish handsets from Nokia, Samsung and Motorola under these deals, such as Nokia 6111, Samsung D900, Samsung X820 and Motorola V3i. You can easily choose between folder mobile phones, camera mobile phones and multimedia marvels. You really have to know what you will be using the mobile phone for and if the features really will be worth all the money that you will be spending.

The suitability of prepaid plan for you ultimately depends on your needs and capability. For instance, if a person sees that he or she will frequently use his or her phone to call people, it would be better to opt for a postpaid plan that offers lower call charges.

If you don't want to be locked into an iron-clad contract, have a credit check performed, provide a security deposit, you don't use a lot of minutes each month or pay a set monthly fee, then you may just want to stick with a prepaid wireless cell phone.

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