Convenient Prepaid Mobile And Pay As You Go Plans

Posted by Floyd Smithfield

April 12, 2009

by Floyd Smithfield

Prepaid mobile, or pay as you go plans, are usually packaged according to different types of user behaviour, so to save money it’s important to choose a specific plan, depending for instance on if you text a lot or if you call during peak times Here are some tips on choosing the best prepaid mobile phone plans in the US.

Bear in mind that with prepaid mobiles, you will pay a certain sum in advance to charge your credit and will then use that credit for calls and other services. The sums that you can recharge your credit with us ally range from between 10$ and 100$.

One important point to consider is that unused prepaid mobile credit expires, but this takes a different amount of time based on the operator and on the size of your last recharge. You don’t want to find yourself losing half of 100$ because you didn’t know your plan details!

You will still be able to make calls if without credit, but you’ll still need to add money to your prepaid mobile account eventually or your phone line will eventually be cancelled, and you will have to pay to get it reactivated.

Another important thing to check is area coverage. Make sure that the carrier of your choice has a good reception in the area where you live, and also that you can use the phone in any out of state areas that you visit often, such as favourite vacation hangouts or where family members live.

As for the operators and their plans, Virgin Mobile has a very cheap offer, with most prepaid mobile recharges giving you the opportunity to call for 10 cents a minute. The credit doesn’t last long though, only a month, so you should only charge your account with what you will spend in that time.

T-Mobile is one of the few operators offering nice handsets together with prepaid mobile contracts, so if you would like a new multimedia phone rather than a basic device, this is the best carrier. If you top your pay as you go credit up in chunks of 100$, they will last a whole year.

TracFone offers nice phones too, if somewhat more basic, and generally the call quality is very good. Prices are similar to T-Mobile, around 20 cents a minute depending on the prepaid mobile top-up amounts. This carrier is suitable if you want to top up small amounts more often.

If you can get MetroPCS prepaid mobile, which is only available in 33 states, you should know that it’s a good deal as long as you won’t be calling long distance and out of state a lot. Their coverage and customer service are rated as pretty good.

Cingular is great for occasional prepaid mobile use, as the calls are very cheap at 10 cents a minute, although they also charge you a dollar every day that you will make calls with your prepaid mobile.

About the Author:

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