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