cell phone--should I go with prepaid, or join the Verizon family plan?
My sister has Verizon Wireless, and with the Family Plan she gave my mom her own cell phone. You simply add a new line for $10 and pick out a nice phone to get--I think they start at $30. Prepaid with Verizon--he local Radio Shack has a really nice model for $90 (with a $50 mail in rebate) I would just buy a new card for whenever my minutes run low-I want to have the yahoo im so my gf cankeep in touch with me, as well as call her too(she's in Manila). Which one would any DUers pick?
And as long as you can count and regulate your cell phone usage, there really is no reason to get a Pre-paid phone (unless you fail their credit check).
Usually you have to sign a new contract. Make sure you would qualify for those low rates. Otherwise, the cheapest phone because quite expensive.
Then look at how many minutes your family currently uses on their plan. If you can fit in under that allotted amount of minutes, you're probably best off there.
I believe that minutes between phones are free. If your mother likes to call you and chat for an hour a couple times per week, this is really the way to go. The only advantage of prepaid is that you won't accidently exceed your allotted time and get hit with huge extra fees.
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