There are no genuine pay as you go cellphones in the states?

[KJC 1]

In the UK I rarely used a cellphone, so I would just put $20 of credit in it, and that would last a long time and there was no danger of it expiring.

Since moving to the states my wife said she's heard no such thing, and that I will have to get a "family plan" with her network which would be an extra $20 per month.

That seems like a bit of a waste of money to me since I will rarely use it.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Virgin have a deal where you pay a minimum $20 pay as you go - although they do expire in 90s days and you have to keep it topped up. That's the best I know about.

[Mina76 0]

Virgin have a deal where you pay a minimum $20 pay as you go - although they do expire in 90s days and you have to keep it topped up. That's the best I know about.

Yes, Virgin Mobile is one of the best prepaid phone with the best pay as you go plans

[Marilyn. 340]

i have a net ten phone that came with 300 minutes.. you just have to put money on it every 60 days I think.. I have it set up where 15 bucks automatically gets put on my phone each month

[chuckb 0]

i have a net ten phone that came with 300 minutes.. you just have to put money on it every 60 days I think.. I have it set up where 15 bucks automatically gets put on my phone each month

I have net10 also. The expiration date depends on the amount of prepay you buy. Wish I could find something better!

The International Rate isn't too bad to some selected countries. 15 cents.

[Marilyn. 340]

i have a net ten phone that came with 300 minutes.. you just have to put money on it every 60 days I think.. I have it set up where 15 bucks automatically gets put on my phone each month

I have net10 also. The expiration date depends on the amount of prepay you buy. Wish I could find something better!

The International Rate isn't too bad to some selected countries. 15 cents.

yeah but like I said I just have it set up so it automatically puts 15 dollars on my phone each month so I don't have to worry about the expiration date...

[Y's_habibitk 2]

My stepdad uses Net 10 also. I use T-mobile. The beauty of T-mobile is its the only pay as you go cell that I have found that has international texting.

After you buy a certain amount of minutes on T-mobile, the minutes last one year before expiring. You can find them at target.

[ginger1981 0]

The benefit of having a family plan is that in case you do need to use quite a few minutes (like being on hold with the cable company or something banal like that) it is nice having those extra minutes. My husband is like you...he barely uses his phone while I tend to use mine quite a bit more. So it works out...I go through most of the minutes and he just uses the few he needs.

But everyone has different needs. In our case we don't have a landline so cell phones are an absolute necessity.

[vanee 13]

Virgin have a deal where you pay a minimum $20 pay as you go - although they do expire in 90s days and you have to keep it topped up.

It only expires in 90 days if you don't top up. (Maybe that's what you were saying.) As long as you top up by the due date, your unused minutes carry forward.

It works for me because I don't use my cell phone much most of the time, but when I'm away from home, I use it a lot more. Those minutes that carried forward get used then.

[Dan J 277]

Most cell phone providers have some kind of pay as you go system. They are usually not marketed as much as they would rather you pay for a monthly plan.

[iya 0]

We use alltel. Currently we are on a family plan, though we are planning on going pay-per-day. Apparently, with pay per day, as long as you have credit, you just keep going.. unlike with pay per minute, there's a time limit as to how long your credit will last.. did that make sense?

[aidan80 9]

In the UK I rarely used a cellphone, so I would just put $20 of credit in it, and that would last a long time and there was no danger of it expiring.

Since moving to the states my wife said she's heard no such thing, and that I will have to get a "family plan" with her network which would be an extra $20 per month.

That seems like a bit of a waste of money to me since I will rarely use it.

I understand exactly what your saying.. back home I had an O2 and all I put in was normally £10 or £20 and it did me till it was done. I mean it was hard to beat not paying for incoming calls or texts (robbery over here) and getting 300 free texts per month and I don't even need to mention the fact you could just pull the SIM. Over here is a different story.. I refuse to sign up for a "family plan" as it'd cost at least $60 - $70 a month for something I or the wife would hardly ever use.

We use virgin mobile "pay as you go" at the minute as it's the only thing that's almost bearable but it annoys the $hite outta me picking up the phone or getting a text knowing the robbin ba$tards are taking more money for a call/text that's already paid for.

I don't think there is any real pay as you go phones here, more like thieve as you talk! I mean I thought I was getting a raw deal back home with O2, I was on the border and it would switch to and from O2 UK and O2 Ireland. I'd be cleaned if I didn't check the network before using the mobile. The stupid transmitter on the other side of the border almost always gave a stronger signal.

Try Virgin mobile, I mean $20 it cost me for a cheap crappy phone at Wal-Mart and another $20 (plus tax of course) to top up the thing. I use it very oddly but still stick $10 or so in every other month to keep it alive and keep the minutes. Reception in central Florida is alright, I mean nothing flame throwing or anything but it does the job.

Good luck!!

[TBoneTX 43,246]

I'm just a Colonist, but I have this:

http://www.tracfone.com

[KaiserD 12]

Didn't they expire in the UK too? I know Orange did but I think you had a while...or do you mean ALL the minuets expire after the 90 day period or whatever? (I think the Orange ones don't expire as long as you use some).

I was going to get prepaid AT&T since there's no point in me having cell phone plane either but, I noticed when comparing coverage to their normal service, their pay-as-you-go was hmm.....lacking.

Besides it's not really killing me to live cell phone free (but then I don't really go anywhere right now )

[akdiver 3]

AT&T Go Phone. Put $100 on it, and it does not expire for 365 days. Might be what you're looking for.