| TracFone is one of the best-known prepaid cell | | | | added services to their plans in efforts to win |
| phone plan providers in the United States, even | | | | more business from cost-cutting consumers on |
| though the company is owned by a foreign | | | | the look out for great deals. One of the problems |
| corporation. TracFone has around 12 million | | | | with postpaid contract plans is that users tend to |
| monthly subscribers and is known for being very | | | | overpay for minutes, meaning they do not use all |
| affordable and for having good service. | | | | the minutes available to them. This is a waste of |
| The number of people using TracFone's services | | | | money. Prepaid plans help eliminate this waste of |
| is bound to increase with the release of two | | | | talk time and money. |
| great prepaid cell phone plans under the name of | | | | Cricket, which is part of Leap Wireless, has some |
| Straight Talk. TracFone's Straight Talk brand is | | | | good prepaid plans depending on where you are in |
| made up of two prepaid plans, one unlimited and | | | | the country. Boost Mobile has a $50 plan that had |
| one that is just a bit more limited. The first plan, | | | | skeptics raving earlier this year. They wondered |
| which costs $30, delivers the user 1,000 minutes | | | | how the company would make ends meet by |
| of talk time per month, along with 1,000 text | | | | giving out its plan for such a low price every |
| messages, and 30 megabytes of data transfer. | | | | single month. Boost has won many converts the |
| This is a great plan for the moderate to heavy | | | | country over, who all like the options this unlimited |
| cell phone user. 1,000 minutes should suffice for | | | | prepaid plan gives them. |
| most people. If you extrapolate that number over | | | | MetroPCS and Page Plus Cellular, a company out |
| the whole month of 30 days, you see that you | | | | of Holland, both have prepaid plans that, depending |
| can use 33 minutes per day of talk time and 30 | | | | on what you are looking for, may provide for you |
| text messages per day. | | | | just what you need out of your wireless plan. |
| If you need more that that, you can pay $45 per | | | | Remember that the issue is really finding the right |
| month for the Straight Talk Unlimited prepaid plan, | | | | plan that works for you. there is nothing set in |
| which gives subscribers everything that the name | | | | stone and no one plan that will save you money |
| promises. Subscribers to this plan get limitless use | | | | right out the gate unless you concentrate on the |
| of their phone for talk time and text | | | | elements in a cell phone plan that you really need. |
| messaging--all for $45. It is clear that this plan | | | | A good way to do this is to look at your cell |
| beats out many other plans. But the Tracfone | | | | phone bills for the previous several months and |
| Straight Talk plans are not the only great prepaid | | | | see where you are overpaying and where you |
| plans out there, although they may be hard to | | | | being overcharged. You will be able to learn more |
| beat. | | | | about your mobile usage habits and will be able to |
| Other prepaid wireless service providers have | | | | save money in the long run. |
| stepped into the fray and have lowered prices or | | | | |