Friday, May 9, 2008

Prepaid Wireless, Wireless Communication without the Contract

By John Bear

As we all know, communication drives our new digital world and mobile phones have given a new name to our communication habits ensuring wireless freedom to us all. Today, you can roam from one place to the other and stay connected with our dear ones from the world over. And just about every leading mobile phone provider now offers some sort of prepaid calling plan in order to fit their customers' budgets.

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.

There are often several options for cell phone carriers that will provide prepaid phones and services depending upon your location. Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin Mobile, 7-Eleven, Tracfone, Net10 and Boost Mobile are the main providers of prepaid cell phones.

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.

In order to avoid contracts, which would lock you into a long-term commitment, and to avoid being stuck with a single type of service for a designated amount of time and money, enjoy a new mobile experience with the prepaid wireless deals.

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