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| Pay As You Go Cell Phone Can Save You Serious Money!
Pay As You Go Monthly cell phone plans that bind you to a one- or two-year service contract are the norm in the United States. Many Americans believed that if they went with pay as you go plan they would not get good reception and did not want the dreaded dead spots. Well the industry has grown and today the prepaid services are as reliable as most 2-year contract plans. The allure of prepaid (no contract) is not being bound to a long-term contract – and not having to pay the typical $150 or $200 penalty of disconnect if you change your mind. Some contract plans have taken into account changing your mind is a good thing …so they offer “flexible” plans and “roll over”features. But after comparing plans you may find pay as you go is truly the most economical all around. If you are on a contract look at your bills and see what your minute usage is. Say you use 150 minutes a month. You might want to pick Net 10's $15 a month plan. If you use 600 or more minutes a month Virgin Mobile wins hands down with the $49.99 a month plan. If you ever feel that is not the right plan – no worries – there is no contract you just change plans. Virgin Mobile Our highest honor goes to Virgin Mobile who now has a $49.99 unlimited minutes plan with no contract. You can also add unlimited text if you feel that you need it.
You can also add text. Virgin Mobile Pay as you go plans are below:
You can also add text. Net 1021st Century Newz also took a close look at Net 10 (Always 10 cents a minute). The draw to this plan would be the expire rate on the chart below.
As you can see the more minutes you buy (say $30 for 300 minutes – 60 days) the longer you have until they expire. Many use pay-as-you-go to avoid credit issues often associated with contracts. Now pricing has become attractive, too and no activation fee – wow! One of the drawbacks of prepaid is the fact that minutes can expire if you do not top up (or by more minutes ) on a monthly basis. Virgin Mobile offers roll over if you top up with in 30 days. If you go 90 days with out paying you could lose your number. Make sure to read the fine print before selecting a prepaid wireless plan to understand if your minutes will expire and when. T- MobilT- Mobil is also worth a shout as they have a plan that is called gold rewards. After you've refilled up to $100, you will have "gold rewards" status, which means that all further refills have extra 15% of minutes and your minutes do not expire for 1 year. This Is A Real StoryLiving Proof of Savings: I was paying $215 a month for a bundle service where I had 3 cell phones, 1 home phone and internet service. I now pay $128 for all the same services just minus the extras. Cell phone usage was $115 a month and is now $60 @ month with a pay as you go service. I live in the country and 5 years ago could not get a signal even with a contract company. When I found a contract company that could actually get me service in the area where I live I was afraid to switch. I took a chance when I saw Virgin mobil and now save $55 @ month which is $660 a year. ______________________________________ Another new company worth looking at is Cell Trade USA . This company provides a trade service for those wanting to get out of their contract and those that may want to try a service with out having a 2 year contract. Good Idea! The video below is cute and gives more information on Cell Trade. The first part of the clip is a spoof but the last part is a real company. You have to watch the whole clip before the Cell Trade USA website appaers. Turn the volum up as this clip has low volume Cell Phone Safety "The available evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using wireless phones. There is no proof, however, that wireless phones are absolutely safe," states information on the FDA's web site.
"The first thing we say is that if someone is concerned about the risk of cell phones, you can virtually eliminate your exposure by using a headset or a speaker phone or having the phone farther from your ear," says Michael Thun, MD
21st Century Newz recommends that a "better safe than sorry" approach is always in order when technology gets ahead of itself! We heartily agree with Dr Thun and would like to add driving and cell phones are known to be deadly if not used correctly. Our biggest caution goes to phone etiquette and driving. If you get a call or need to call some one PULL OVER! If you are going to use the phone while driving please use a headset.
No, we do not advocate new laws to prohibit cell phone use. We believe that government is to invasive already and that people would act like civilized human beans and respect each other with out cumbersome legislature.
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