which is best for pre-paid cell phone service - Virgin Mobile, Tracfone or Net10?

[John S]

please let me know the pros and cons of any.

[love_wanted]

uhhh well Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) is good cuase it has great flip phones and candybar phones

[loanplus1]

Whatever you do don't get Virgin. The reception sucks and it costs you $2.50 just to talk for the first 10 minutes of each day.

[dbikeguy1]

try T mobile its cheapest

[Bald Eagle Lover]

I am a teenager with a small amount of money and so is my sister so we found a Cellphone Solution with Tracfone. Especially when it is as low as $8.33/month http://www.tracfone.com it is awesome it is a prepaid phone with no age limits no montly bills no hidden fees/costs and no contracts and with all the calling features such as free voicemail free caller id free call waiting and free nationwide long distance. all for as little as $10 a month calculated minimum usage because you have to buy a minute card every 60 or every 365 days depending on if you bought the year service card because the cheapest minute card is 20 dollars and you would have to add one every 60 days it would be around $10 a month which isnt bad. Hope this Helps!!!!!! Tracfone Wireless is awesome good luck choosing your phone!!

P.S. and a phone kit is only about $20 bucks @ your local walmart walgreens and family dollar stores etc. this includes up to 20 minutes and 60 days of wireless service included
And I will tell you when Tracfone Says they have "Nationwide coverage" they absolutely mean it I use it all the time and I would rather have nationwide coverage across the U.S. than have free mobile web on fridays with boost mobile but it all depends on the user preference or even if you want to make the monthly cost go down get a year service card for $100 and it works out to be $8.33 a month which is even cheaper than the $10 I mentioned earlier.

Hope this helps!!

Plus they offer a 30 day* money back guarantee + one year warranty on the cellphone at no addl' cost. So what do you have to lose??

I have quite a few tracfones and they are the best phones and service I have EVER had!!!

It also chooses the most reliable wireless carrier for the zipcode you enter so you will get the best possible reception for your home calling area zipcode. Example: my calling area is in zipcode 61554 and so tracfone chose U.S. Cellular as my cellular carrier and it has awesome reception 7 bars!! almost all the time!! So no dropped calls!

I also forgot to mention their is no daily access fees/charges with tracfone or net 10 because all those fees are included in your prepaid airtime card prices. I know Cingular and Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) can charge access fees daily depending on the plan you select.

I also want to tell you something more about tracfone is that they have "nationwide" coverage in the united states even in hawaii alaska and the U.S. virgin islands. I originally wanted a prepaid Alltel U phone but to my surprise Alltel had no coverage whatsover in my hometown zipcode so tracfone worked for me.

OR

If you are a frequent talker and talk all the time you could try NET10 Wireless 10 cents/min 24/7/365 it is the frequent-user service also affiliated and provided by Tracfone http://www.net10.com It also provides Nationwide service like I talked about earlier and is easier on money if you talk a lot as tracfone minute rates vary with promotional codes that give you bonus additional minutes but net10 is a fixed rate 10 cents/min.

[Emmi]

I have Tracfone because it was the only service that worked where I lived. Also, it's only good if you don't make a lot of calls. It get's too expensive otherwise.
It all depends on where you live, though. Check out their website for coverage in your area.
And by the way, they have "cool" phones, too!

[Das Modell]

Anything but Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) or Boost

[Jose G]

I have virgin mobile. you can check how much money you have left on your phone 5 times for free everyday...
you have to refill it every three months.
good ringtones. Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) gets new ringtones before everyone else its called "first dibs".
if you want to get ringtones you have to subscribe to virgin XL from your phone it costs 10 cents a day but you can cancel it after you are done browsing virgin XL. you can do that as much as you like. internet browsing costs a dollar every time you do it... but thats just a waste of money because the internet on it doesnt have much features.... othere than that every thing is good... oh.
it costs 18 cents every minute if you pay by the minute i think.
just go to

virginmobileusa.com


loan plus whatever is wrong they changed that... you dont pay 25 cents for the first ten minutes now. you only pay 1 dollar and 80 cents cause all the minutes cost like 18 cents now. it gets cheaper if you pay it some other way... like i said go to the website.