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Pre-Paid Cell Phones
In an effort to save money and cut down on household expenses, I have
re-evaluated our cell phone plan. My husband and I have found we
can live with one phone since we primarily use it on family trips or
when he‘s out of town. For some reason, our bill always
seemed to go way over the anticipated (and budgeted) amount; once it
even went $150 over! We needed a new plan.
Because of our limited use of the cell phone (well, obviously, it
wasn’t that limited), I decided to look into the pre-paid plans.
Not bad, I thought, once we paid for the new phone and the connection
fee. A pre-paid plan seemed to be just what we needed to help us
stay within our budget.
My only caution about the pre-paid phones: from what I have
found, their calling area seems to be much smaller than that of a
regular cell phone. Most of the ones I checked out didn’t cover
our geographical location at all. In those cases, I think, the
provider charges you for roaming, which means you would use up twice as
many of your pre-paid minutes than if regular service had been
available.
We went with a regular plan and a new provider. I hope it works
out better than our last plan did. Perhaps a pre-paid plan would
be right for you -- just be sure to check out the area coverage before
you sign up.
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