Benefits of a Prepaid Cell Phone Plan

By Justin Mann

Like it or not, mobile phones are here to stay. Many individuals do not know how they were able to live before the mobile phone was around. If you want to get a conventional cell phone, you need to have a credit check and sign a long-term agreement. If you have less than ideal credit or do not want to sign a long-term agreement for your mobile phone, then you may need a prepaid cell phone plan. These plans don't require either a credit check or a long-term agreement, which means they are perfect for many people.

With contract wireless phones it's hard to change carriers. You will need to either wait out your contract or pay to end it early. The fee to end the contract can be a few hundred dollars. If your telephone is damaged and not insured, it can cost several hundred dollars to replace. With a prepaid wireless cell phone you can commonly replace it for under fifty dollars and since there's no contract, you can change carriers any time you want.

With a prepaid cell phone plan, you pay for the phone upfront, but the cost of most phones is less than fifty dollars. Sometimes, you can pay a little more and get the same model that you would have gotten from a contract phone. You may also need to purchase some phone minutes if they are not included in your start up package. You will have no need for a credit check or a contract. You merely pay the cash and activate the telephone.

With a prepaid mobile phone plan, you pay for the minutes that you utilize. Some companies let you roll over unused minutes to the subsequent month on the condition that you purchase the required amount of minutes on a regular basis. You can do this by making use of a prepaid wireless phone card.

Additionally, many prepaid phones now allow you to text. In fact, the fee for text messages is not much more than you would pay on a contract cell phone for texting.

Several companies have prepaid mobile phone plans. Most of the major carriers have plans and there are some companies that specialize in only prepaid plans.

A prepaid mobile phone plan is well suited to anybody that doesn't have perfect credit or who refuses to be committed to a long term contract. They are also a great way to give a teen a telephone and be sure that he or she will not run up a huge bill. - 29957

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