Cell Phone Pay as you Go Plans.....

[fufupeke]

Anyone use the phone that AARP endorses? $10 a month. Whats some of the experiences anyone has had?

[Doglover8180]

Anyone use the phone that AARP endorses? $10 a month. Whats some of the experiences anyone has had?

I have never heard of this but I am guessing any cell phone plan for $10 involves some sort of a catch.

[Gardencook]

I have never heard of this but I am guessing any cell phone plan for $10 involves some sort of a catch.

I was quite tempted when it first came out. They had a simple cell phone with big buttons. I don't really use all the bells and whistles anyway, and it seems like whenever I need to use my phone I'm not wearing my reading glasses. When the phone is ringing and you are driving in traffic, it is NOT a good time to dig through a purse for glasses! So I usually just let it ring. The phone tempted me more than anything else.
Basically, you got a certain number of minutes each month for that rate, and could pay additional if you needed more minutes.
We ended up sticking with TracFone, because it was still a little cheaper each month, we already had the phone and had quite a few unused minutes on it.

[Doglover8180]

I have a pay as you go unlimited text and minutes plan. I have a few questions. Why is there both an "Account balance expiration date" and a Cancel date listed online. I have paid for one full month - so I don't understand why there are these two other dates - both of which are further out then a month.

Also when I check my # of messages, it says I have zero messages remaining. Why is this if the # is unlimited?

Anyone with a pay as you go through AT&T - please let me know what these things mean.

Thanks.

Still wondering about this..... anyone know?

[CW&M Mom]

I know with T mobile..when you purchase the card...it will eventually expire That is my guess with it.

I don't know on the other, you should probably call them.

[lrbuffy15]

I would definitely look into coverage for your area. I live in a pretty rural area so not many of the no contract companies have great coverage. So far, Tmobile seems to be ok, not as good as AT&T, but not horrible. I did have issues with their phones (they are cheap crap) and had 2 in the first 2 weeks. I almost gave up and switched back, but since I had AT&T previously, I was able to get my phone unlocked and go back to using that and have been much more happy.

We live in a rural town too where coverage is spotty but my hubby got a wilson signal booster from www.wilsonboost.com and now we get much better service and when he travels for work he doesn't get so many dropped calls. Its been awesome. I know they have all different kids of boosters and they work all the different cell phones/carriers. Ours is the car one (since my hubby travels a lot) but I know there are house ones or just cell ones. Good luck!