On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:41:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:24:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of getting out of the contract cell phone plan and getting a
prepaid plan. T-Mobile, for example, sells 1000 minutes for $100 and
they're good for a year.

Does anyone here have a prepaid mobile phone? If so, with whom and how do
you like it?

My brother has one and loves it - he thinks it's the best deal around.
Several of Mrs. Wave's friends have pre-paid phones and swear by them.
I guess it's a pretty good deal.

As others have remarked, it's all about coverage. Some pre-paid
phones vary their coverage by carrier - some are associated with
T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T etc. The ones that are associated with the
major carriers are the best from what I've read.

I'm more of a traditionalist and have this thing about brand loyalty -
it's served me well over the years. We have Verizon - been with them
since - well, forever. Great customer service, they give us any phone
we want when we renew and because we're "loyal" customers, get a few
freebies in terms of minutes. Excellent coverage too.

Last renewal we got unlimited text messaging for free - neither one of
us use it, but we got it. :)

I just looked at my phone and I have used 21 minutes in the past six
months - I didn't even know you could find that data on the phone -
just took a blind shot in the dark. :)

And how much have you paid in the past six months for that phone.

That's the whole reason I'm thinking of a pre-paid phone. We'll sometimes
go several months without one call being made on the cell phone. Hell, they
won't even get turned on. But that $30/month just keeps going to AT&T!