Re: Why tracfone when there are cheaper alternatives?

"John" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message ..
>
> If I read correctly, tmobile gives you 1000 minutes for $100
> Tracfone gives you 250 minutes for $100
> Why do people use tracfone?
>

JoshIII responds:
TracFone has specials all the time. The special
they are offering right now on their website, is
450 minutes *and* a free phone *and*
1 Year of Service for $100.

According to the T-Mobile Prepaid Plan website,
roaming is free *only* on the "national T-Mobile
network".

Here is the T-Mobile prepaid national coverage map:
http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/prepaid.aspx

Note: As anyone can see, there are *severe*
coverage issues with the (prepaid) national
T-Mobile network. From the T-mobile prepaid
coverage map, less than 1/3 of the USA
has native T-Mobile coverage.

That should answer your question....

All TracFone GSM models (single-rate plan)
roam free on other networks.

Even though the sum of all GSM networks
coverage in the US is still not as good as
the sum of all CDMA networks nationally,
its getting better everyday.

TracFone also offers CDMA models, but
they are harder to find locally, and their roaming
rate is twice the local calling rate.

If it wasn't for the specials and 100 free minutes
referral program TracFone has, I would
switch to PagePlus Cellular (prepaid). It
uses the *extensive* Verizon CDMA network.
You can keep a PagePlus Cellular phone
activated for a whole year for about $30,
if you only need a cellphone for emergencies,
like I do.

Hope this helps!

JoshIII, 2JUL06, < josh3i at hotmail . com >
http://pasofinosc.tripod.com
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Get an email referral from any TracFone user
before you activate and you'll both receive
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before you decide on your TracFone model.

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JoshIII wrote:

> If it wasn't for the specials and 100 free minutes
> referral program TracFone has, I would
> switch to PagePlus Cellular (prepaid). It
> uses the *extensive* Verizon CDMA network.
> You can keep a PagePlus Cellular phone
> activated for a whole year for about $30,
> if you only need a cellphone for emergencies,
> like I do.

Using PagePlus, and not dealing with all the various Tracfone promotions
is less hassle. The coverage is better than Tracfone, and much better
than T-Mobile, and it's cheaper. The downside of PagePlus is that if you
do happen to be in a roaming area, you really pay for it, I think that
it's $2/minute, though for emergencies, it's not a big deal.