When you looking for the best deals, you’ll want to compare pay as you go phone plans to find the cheapest and best phone service. You’ll want the most features and the lowest cost. Often, prepaid phone customers pay more for their calls and SMS messages and are limited in what they can do with their phone. Calls to international or premium rate numbers may be blocked, and they may not be able to roam. These limitations are often due to the complexity of managing the credit system for high price calls, or when the user was not on their home network.
Some wireless providers who offer cheap pay as you go minutes are; GoPhone by Cingular Wireless, Boost Mobile by Sprint Nextel, Inpulse by Verizon Wireless,
T Mobile To Go by T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Amp’d.
Every provider has different PAYG plans. That’s the beauty of prepaid phone plans. You have the flexibility to choose exactly what suits you. Phones are usually sold with the minutes and a SIM card included. The SIM card prevents your phone from being stolen and stores information like the prepaid rate plan, phone numbers and service features.
Cingular Go Phone offers 2 types of plans- ($.10/min and an additional $1.00/day charge when you use it, and $.25/min without the dollar charge.)
Boost Mobile offers a few different plans-$.10/min as well but a $1.00/day additional fee is charged for walkie-talkie if you use it- ($30 will give you 10/min unlimited nationwide boost walkie-talkie $.10/min nights and weekends, $50 will give you unlimited nationwide boost walkie talkie and 400 minutes of national cellular calls, $70 will give you unlimited nationwide boost walkie talkie and unlimited nights and weekends with 600 minute included fo national cell calls.)
Verizon Inpulse charges $.99 a day whether you use your phone or not-(Unlimited calling inside the Verizon Wireless network
Unlimited nationwide calling after 9PM)
T-Mobile To Go- ($10- 30/min, $25-130/min, $50-400/min, $100-1000/min) Add $100 in refills to become a Gold Rewards customer. With Gold Rewards, you get at least 15% more minutes on all refills and your minutes won’t expire for a year.
Virgin Mobile-($0.25/min for the daily initial 10 minutes then $0.10/min)
Amp’d-(at $.10/min-$20-200/min, $30-300/min, $40-400/min, and $50-500/min)