Comments on: Saving hundreds by switching from a cell phone contract to prepaid http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/ Products that work. Solutions that save. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jen Spends http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Jen Spends Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:54:06 +0000 http://www.jenspends.com/?p=1482#comment-655 <b>Thanks for your comment, Rosemary. That sounds like a great plan! So many families get in too deep when they give their kids their own phones. It can be so expensive! And of course the constant texting and phone calls can be a huge distraction for teens.</b> Thanks for your comment, Rosemary. That sounds like a great plan! So many families get in too deep when they give their kids their own phones. It can be so expensive! And of course the constant texting and phone calls can be a huge distraction for teens.

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Rosemary Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:36:58 +0000 http://www.jenspends.com/?p=1482#comment-654 We did away with our home phone and went with a Straight Talk Samsung R810C which has 3G and all the bells and whistles.This cost $328.99 and then we added the unlimited usage plan for $45.00pm. We have teenagers who use the phone after school-and boy do they use it- but they have to do homework and chores first! This one phone does the whole family and we are able to budget phone costs to last cent. We did away with our home phone and went with a Straight Talk Samsung R810C which has 3G and all the bells and whistles.This cost $328.99 and then we added the unlimited usage plan for $45.00pm. We have teenagers who use the phone after school-and boy do they use it- but they have to do homework and chores first! This one phone does the whole family and we are able to budget phone costs to last cent.

]]> By: Jen Spends http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Jen Spends Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:37:44 +0000 http://www.jenspends.com/?p=1482#comment-653 <b>Thanks Shynea! :) My sister does the same thing - she and her husband only have cell phones. We have done well with Vonage for our "land line" for several years. One of the reasons we chose to go that route instead of strictly cell was the international calling rates. My husband's family is in England, and it costs only a few cents per minute to phone over there with Vonage. We were also able to have a "virtual phone number" in England for about $5 per month, so his parents could call a local number (for them) and get through to us in the US. I think I will have to post about Vonage eventually too :)</b> Thanks Shynea! :) My sister does the same thing – she and her husband only have cell phones. We have done well with Vonage for our “land line” for several years. One of the reasons we chose to go that route instead of strictly cell was the international calling rates. My husband’s family is in England, and it costs only a few cents per minute to phone over there with Vonage. We were also able to have a “virtual phone number” in England for about $5 per month, so his parents could call a local number (for them) and get through to us in the US. I think I will have to post about Vonage eventually too :)

]]> By: Shynea @ Penny Pinching Diva http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Shynea @ Penny Pinching Diva Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:31:37 +0000 http://www.jenspends.com/?p=1482#comment-652 I wish I could do this and switch to a prepaid plan, but because we don't have a house phone our cellphones has become a necessity for my family. However, as soon as I get a house phone you can gurantee that I will be checking with AT&T on their prepaid plans. This sounds like a very good option and for just $200 a year that is great. Thank you for this article and these awesome tips. Take care, Shynea I wish I could do this and switch to a prepaid plan, but because we don’t have a house phone our cellphones has become a necessity for my family. However, as soon as I get a house phone you can gurantee that I will be checking with AT&T on their prepaid plans. This sounds like a very good option and for just $200 a year that is great.

Thank you for this article and these awesome tips.

Take care,
Shynea

]]> By: Jen Spends http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Jen Spends Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:57:19 +0000 http://www.jenspends.com/?p=1482#comment-650 <b>I just checked on the Verizon website and it looks like they have the exact same prepaid option - 25 cents per minute with no access fee, and $100 per year refills. I'm not sure how they handle switching existing contracts, but it might be worth looking into.</b> I just checked on the Verizon website and it looks like they have the exact same prepaid option – 25 cents per minute with no access fee, and $100 per year refills. I’m not sure how they handle switching existing contracts, but it might be worth looking into.

]]> By: Jody http://www.jenspends.com/saving-hundreds-by-switching-from-a-cell-phone-contract-to-prepaid/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Jody Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:29:52 +0000 http://www.jenspends.com/?p=1482#comment-648 I wonder if Verizon has such a thing. All our family uses Verizon so it wouldn't make much sense to change carriers, but we don't use most of our minutes in a month either, even with 3 people on the plan. I wonder if Verizon has such a thing. All our family uses Verizon so it wouldn’t make much sense to change carriers, but we don’t use most of our minutes in a month either, even with 3 people on the plan.

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