| Choosing the right and best cell phone plans can | | | | for personal use, you may not need a wireless |
| become a tremendous and tedious task. The | | | | mobile plan with lots of minutes as opposed to |
| smartest way to choose the best cellular plan or | | | | business use where you are looking for the best |
| wireless plan is to evaluate and determine how | | | | mobile phone plan with unlimited minutes usage. |
| you primarily use your wireless phone. | | | | For those that seldom use their mobile phone and |
| Trying to compare the best phone plans is | | | | would like a for emergency purposes, then a |
| essential in saving a lot of money and getting the | | | | pre-paid cell phone option maybe a cheaper |
| best wireless phone service. | | | | solution than a monthly cell phone bill. With pre-paid |
| Timing is an important issue that you should | | | | mobile phones there are no contracts to sign, no |
| consider when you compare the best wireless | | | | monthly bills, no long-term commitments, no credit |
| plans as the time of day can determine the cost | | | | checks, no age limit and no hidden fees. |
| per call if you are choosing a basic plan. | | | | When choosing the best cell plans with the various |
| Do you make most of your phone calls during the | | | | cellular carriers, you should consider the following |
| day? Determine who and where are you calling - | | | | factors: |
| local, national, family or emergency use only. In a | | | | Local calling area - The geographical area or |
| cellular phone plan, the time excluding nights and | | | | location that a cellular phone customer may call |
| weekends are covered by "anytime minutes". Are | | | | without incurring cell phone toll charges. |
| most of your calls in a local area and do you tend | | | | Regional Plans - Regional plans might be cheaper, |
| to call family members often? | | | | but they will cost you if you're using your cell |
| For example, my wife and I are on the Sprint | | | | phone outside your regional network. A regional |
| cellular plan where we get free Sprint mobile to | | | | calling network is usually a larger cell phone calling |
| mobile. Since my wife primarily calls her mother | | | | area than your local cell phone calling area. |
| and sisters the most and they are also on Sprint, | | | | National Plans - A national plan will let you use your |
| the calls are free and the minutes are not | | | | mobile phone all over the country without extra |
| deducted from our "anytime minutes". | | | | roaming fees. |
| With Unlimited Sprint Mobile to Mobile Calling, you | | | | Roaming charges - If you use your phone outside |
| can make or receive unlimited calls directly to or | | | | of your local home calling area, you are said to be |
| from Sprint PCS and Nextel subscribers while on | | | | roaming and roaming charges will apply. |
| the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network without using | | | | Anytime Minutes - The anytime minutes in a |
| your service plan minutes. | | | | mobile plan cost nothing beyond the monthly fee. |
| If you mainly use your cell phone on the nights | | | | They include all calls received or placed Monday |
| and weekends, choose the best plan that offers | | | | through Friday during the day time; generally |
| free nights and weekends. Keep in mind that the | | | | considered peak times. |
| exact start and end times for peak and off peak | | | | Nights and Weekends - If a cell phone plan |
| minutes varies from one provider to another. | | | | includes night and weekend minutes there is no |
| Make sure you are aware what time the nights | | | | additional cost for these minutes and they do not |
| and weekends starts because they vary from | | | | consume the anytime minutes. In many cell phone |
| wireless phone carriers. | | | | plans, these night and weekend minutes are |
| Do you need a phone for personal or business | | | | unlimited while others offer a set amount of time. |
| use? If you are planning on using your phone only | | | | These minutes are used during off peak times. |