what the best pre-paid phone service??

[prince1v]

Can someone please advise on the best pre-paid national service, i really do not wanna use my personal phone but , would like a pre-paid phone thats at least national that i can travel anywhere in the states ?

[charlestudor2005]

I don't know about the best, but VM is the cheapest IMHO.

[Iceman]

I use a tracfone. I don't travel much, but their website claims national coverage. www.tracfone.com

[johnnybax]

Google Voice is my favorite and all I've used for a couple of years now.

http://www.google.com/voice

What I like about it:

• Free

• Can send and receive calls/text on any number

• Ability to handle specific phone numbers different. Say you've got a psycho harassing you, no problem! Login to the website and block that number.

• You can enable "Do not disturb" at any time and not be bothered.

• Did I mention its free

• You can change your phone number at any time

• When selecting a phone number you can choose just about any area code you want. You can even (sometimes) get a phone number with a word in it. (ie: 777-HUMP)

• Voicemail transcriptions automatically sent to you in form of text or email

Check it out, it rocks!

[Nina Rae]

+1 on google voice. If you can't use that, then try getting any simple SIM card activated and swap it out of your RL phone to make calls.

[Capt. Lincoln F. Stern]

Originally Posted by prince1v

Can someone please advise on the best pre-paid national service, i really do not wanna use my personal phone but , would like a pre-paid phone thats at least national that i can travel anywhere in the states ?

A friend of mine swears by her Cricket phone and they do offer an Android model. Android has an app that links to a gmail account so your G-calendar, gmail and google phone # are all tied to it

The Apps allow you to be better organized and the app for G-phone can dial AS the G-phone # and not the # assigned to your phone so it adds an extra layer of secrecy.

And you can change you G-phone # for a 1 time fee of 10 dollars.

Most Cricket phones are 50-70 a month for unlimited (but check their website to be sure)

[John Bull]

I use a t-mobile and it works pretty well for me. It's off all the time except when I'm actively using it or when it's date day. I have no fancy app's. Just the basic flip phone but I imagine you can get app's too if you want.