Pay as you Go Phones and Cell Phone Contracts
Josie Lee asked: Getting a new cell phone these days often comes with a commitment of at least two-year cell phone contracts with the cell phone company. That is a long time to be tied to one if you aren’t happy with the service. While you do have the option of canceling, the fees for doing so are often several hundred dollars. Cell phone contracts can be hard to follow and make you feel trapped.Another concern is the different charges that you incur during cell phone contracts. Even though they always make it sound like an excellent deal the little additional charges for things like directory assistance, using too many minutes, and internet access really start to add up. This makes it hard to budget for your cell phone bill each month.A great alternative is to consider a pay as you go cell phone. With this type of option you purchase the cell phone and a set amount of minutes—and there are no cell phone contracts. Once you use those minutes you can add more to the phone. The process for doing this with pay as you go phones is to call a number and add them or to buy [...]
