RE: Study: You're Overpaying for Cell Phone Service, Sucka!

digitaldd — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:09:56 GMT

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@digitaldd - Is the reception really that good with Virgin? I had heard the same mixed things about Virgin as I had about Boost and I actually found a better priced deal with Tracfone and they operate with aircards - so its a one time buy and no monthly plan at all. The reception can be sketchy in more rural areas of Northern Florida, but here in Miami the TF reception is very good, especially good for prepaid. In terms of prices, Tracfone is exceptionally low with their phone and aircard prices, but you have to be willing to live without a lot of cell phone frills and there is no unlimited use plan offered so this strictly for those who want savings or don't talk. Having a prepaid phone and low minutes isn't worth it if you are going to burn through your minutes in a week.

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The deal with Tracfone is they piggy back on a lot of different providers networks. In the US they use Verizon & US Cellular for CDMA models and T-Mobile & AT&T from their GSM models. Virgin is just rebranded Sprint service so if you live in an area with good Sprint coverage service should be good. Incidentally Boost also resells Sprint's service.

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RE: Study: You're Overpaying for Cell Phone Service, Sucka!