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Tracfone - Prepaid Cell Phone - good deal

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Peanutjake - 17 Oct 2004 20:34 GMT

If you don't talk for hours on the phone.
If you want a phone for emergency use
then Tracfone is a good deal
http://www.tracfone.com
No contracts
No taxes
No minimum
You buy the time you need.
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To get 100 FREE minutes on a new Tracfone,
Before you activate the phone
send an email with the message "Refer Me" to

comod AT softhome.com

You will receive an email with the instructions for activating your new
Tracfone and receiving your 100 FREE minutes.

PJ

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Scott - 17 Oct 2004 23:12 GMT

Actually I think Verizon's and Cingular's prepaid program might be a little
better. Cingular works great for those that are really using the phone
sparingly and with a minimum card refill of $20/3 months, it's very cheap.

Verizon's new prepaid with the 25 cents access + 10 cents/min along with $30
minimum every 2 months is also a sweet deal.

> If you don't talk for hours on the phone.
> If you want a phone for emergency use
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> PJ

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Dave Markson - 18 Oct 2004 00:58 GMT

>Actually I think Verizon's and Cingular's prepaid program might be a little
>better. Cingular works great for those that are really using the phone
>sparingly and with a minimum card refill of $20/3 months, it's very cheap.
>
>Verizon's new prepaid with the 25 cents access + 10 cents/min along with $30
>minimum every 2 months is also a sweet deal.

Verizon and Cingular deals are better, but if you need a phone, and don't use
your phone much Tracfone can make sense.

However, when somebody posts something where they make a profit on the deal (in
this case 100 free minutes), you always have to be suspicious.

Check out my prepaid comparison chart here:
http://markson.net/cell_prepaid_compare.htm

--
Dave
Visit my New England Cell Phone Page at
http://markson.net/cell_phones.htm
(to reply take out the "remove" in my e-mail)

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Stanley Reynolds - 18 Oct 2004 01:41 GMT

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> Check out my prepaid comparison chart here:
> http://markson.net/cell_prepaid_compare.htm

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I like your chart, almost too much info to take in at once.

I travel around a lot and the differences in roaming become very imporant.
The tracfone cost here is more resonable but Verizon and T-mobile policy of
free on network gives the best value.

I think Cingular KIC does charge roaming on their network outside your
local aera.

If you don't care where your local number is tracfone can be customized for
the best local coverage, for example a number in Amory MS (662) gives
better coverage than Birmingham AL (205) both Cingular TDMA.

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Scott - 18 Oct 2004 02:36 GMT

Very cool. I wish I would've had that to reference when I was looking for a
prepaid for someone else. Thanks!

> >Actually I think Verizon's and Cingular's prepaid program might be a
> >little
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> http://markson.net/cell_phones.htm
> (to reply take out the "remove" in my e-mail)

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Dudhorse - 24 Oct 2004 05:00 GMT

... as one who uses both a Tracfone & a Cingular K I C prepaid I know from
experience that activating a Cingular prepaid phone over the phone is a real
hassle - the phone staff I dealt with were lost doing a prepaid account.
That alone will keep me from getting another one.

> Actually I think Verizon's and Cingular's prepaid program might be a
> little better. Cingular works great for those that are really using the
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>> PJ

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