my dad has agreed to get my sis and i a cell phone, but he wants a cheap and reliable company. does using it only for emergencies make a difference?
2006-12-13 15:53:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
If you can keep your usage low (emergencies only),T-Mobile prepaid should fit the bill perfectly. A $100 refill gets you 1000 minutes ($0.10/min) with a one year expiration, but you can roll over those minutes when you refill. Even if you managed to use 2000 minutes over the course of the year (over 160 min/month), it would cost about $200 + the cost of the phone for the entire year. Way cheaper than the usual $40+/month that a postpaid plan will run you.
Also, T-Mobile has good coverage in most of the major metropolitan areas, although probably not as good as Verizon. Cingular prepaid costs a bit more ($1 daily usage charge for their $0.10/min plan) but offers free mobile-to-mobile minutes, which could be useful if your sister and you both get a Cingular phone. Like TMO, Cingular will roll over your minutes when you refill. The per-minute costs for Virgin, Boost, and TracFone run higher so I wouldn't recommend those. Verizon has the best coverage and a lot of features, but you're looking at spending a minimum of $30/month even on the inPulse plan ($1 daily surcharge regardless of usage).
2006-12-14 01:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-23 23:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Yolanda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... I would say T-mobile pay as you go would be the cheapest way to go but I have a tmobile phone and service is terrible because I am always dropping calls. My dad has a cingular go phone and service is great but it is a little more expensive. These are pay as you go plans. But if you wanted to get a non pay as you go tmobile is cheaper but droppes calles and cingular is a little more but great service. It doesn't make a difference if you use it only for emergencies because there is no emergency only phone with a plan and for pay as you go you need minutes to keep the phone active.
I hope this helps!
2006-12-13 16:00:35 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defiantly Verizon Wireless.They have the most coverage area,and the best plans to fit your budgett.
2006-12-13 16:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way it sounds I would get a T-mobile family plan. I would check them out at T-mobile.com
2006-12-14 03:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by Nursesomeday 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey theres a new company thats called kricket and its only $40.00 a month for free unlimited everything encluding texting
2006-12-13 15:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verizon have a cheep er and better networking.
2006-12-13 16:02:48 · answer #7 · answered by miku87_in 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All that I know is that Nextel/Sprint is the most expensive!
2006-12-13 15:54:24 · answer #8 · answered by TrueBuckeyeWarriorMan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
t-mobile
2006-12-13 15:57:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋