[a1011000]

Im 14 and my parents are making me buy my own cell phone and i dont have a credit card so when i had cash i went down to target and got a virgin moble phone thinking theyd be best. Well it set up fine and service is good but its sucks up minuts. I check voicemail and it takes minuts away, i make a 30 second phonecall it takes a minut away. And everyday 30 cents dissapears out of my balance. I dont have money to keep this up. So im asking what is the best prepaid phone service out there for the price that wont give me this greif.

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[PhotoJim]

Since you bought the phone at Target, I'm assuming you're in the US.

If PagePlus has service where you live, it's a lot cheaper per minute and doesn't have the daily fee. It uses the Verizon network. You can't get local numbers everywhere, though. (If your friends call you from their cell phones, it probably won't matter - most US cell phones include free US long distance.)

T-Mobile ToGo is also good if it works where you live. It is as cheap as 10 cents a minute.

Check your voicemail from a landline and you may not have to pay for checking the messages.

[a1011000]

The only problem with Tmoblie is that there coverage is Horrible. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and i dont even get coverage from them in my house. How is cingular pay as you go service.

[a1011000]

For now ive decided to stay with virgin mobile untill i have the money to switch over to cingular. My questine is there a virgin mobile coverage map. I could look at because during summers im across the state and im wondering if ill get service when there.

[a1011000]

Thanks for The Help.

[Medic63]

So, what plan of theirs are you using where 30 cents gets charged each day?