Many people are realizing they are being taken for a cleaning on cell phone plans and have reverted to the option of prepaid cell phone service. Most people cringe at the idea of renewing their contracts because of that feeling of being trapped for 2 more years. Prepaid cell phone service has had a stigma in the past of being only for people with bad credit, but in past years all the major carriers have begun to offer all the same features of a plan including fantastic choices of phones and services, sometimes for less than you would pay to be in a contract! Why then would anyone want to remain in a contract if its the same features for less money… this is usually only the cost effective in comparison to individual service plans. It is usually better to remain in a contract if you have more than 1 line on your service plan. You would just have to do a comparison against what you’re now paying, and what it would cost for 2 individual prepaid lines. But for an individual either with bad credit avoiding a costly security deposit, or for those trying to be smart about their budgets, you can have control over your cell phone costs.
Prepaid service offers all of the same services you get with a contract:
unlimited talk, text, and data
free long distance, call forwarding, voicemail
great choice of phones at reasonable prices if you know where and how to shop for them
