Prepaid Cell Phone Guy

Verizon Wireless features one of the largest and most reliable cellular networks in the nation. Verizon Wireless also offers prepay Wireless services. Here is the Logo which we all relate to “Can you Hear Me Now”

Verizon offers four Prepaid Wireless plans

The Verizon Prepaid Basic Plan with 25 cents per minute and no daily access fee. The Verizon Wireless Basic plan is not a good value when you compare to other prepaid wireless plans. Net10.com for 10 cents a minute or Tracfone.com from 6.6 cents up to 33 cents a minute are much better options.

The Verizon Core Plan is 99 cents per day for access and calls are 10 cents per minute. Unlimited calls to Verizon Wireless cell phones are free of charge. I utilized theVerizon Core program for almost a year, if your main calls are generally to other Verizon Wireless phones this can be a great deal.

The Verizon Plus Plan is $1.99 per day access and charges 5 cents per minute. In essence this is the same as the Core plan with Unlimited Nites and Weekends added and you will only pay 5 cents per text to receive and send.

The Verizon Prepaid Unlimited Talk Plan offers Unlimited minutes and one-cent text messages for $3.99 per day.

Motorola Droid from Verizon

Verizon Prepaid Per Day Fees

The Per Day fees are only charged on the days the phone is used.

The Per Day fees are from Midnight to Midnight local time. If you haven’t used your Verizon Prepaid phone for a full 24 hours and then you make a phone call to another Verizon phone at 11:55 pm and the call lasts until 12:05 (ten minutes later) you will be charged $1 for each day or $2.

If you only make one call in a day it will cost you $1 plus airtime. If you mainly make calls to non Verizon Wireless phones the dollars go away quickly.

Verizon has over 80 million customers therefore the Basic plan with Unlimited Verizon to Verizon calling for 99 Cents a day gives you a lot of phones you can contact.

Initial Charges for Verizon Prepaid.

You will pay up to a $25 fee when you initialize your Prepaid Verizon cell phone. I activated mine at a Verizon store and purchased a $30 card all at once. The person that helped me did not charge me the fee. I did spend $79.95 on the cellphone.

Verizon Prepaid Customer Service

Customer Service can be reached 24/7 by email, a toll free number and from your Verizon prepaid cell phone without incurring airtime charges. I have used the Verizon Customer service several times with great results. I have used Tracfone and Net10 and Straight Talk customer serviceand it is not nearly as good as Verizon Wireless Customer Care.
I have gone to a Verizon store for assistance as well as called 611 from my Prepaid phone. The Customer Support people have been excellent. The phone support person was located in Arizona not Chile.

Free Calls to Customer Support.

With Tracfone, Net10 and Straight Talk your calls to customer support it will cost you minutes. Call Verizon at 611 and it is free.

Converting from Prepaid to Contract

Your Verizon Wireless Pay as you go phone can be converted to a Contract phone if you have used it for six months or more as a prepaid phone. You will not have to sign a contract to add this to a contract. I was able to add one to a Verizon contract for $10 a month on a month by month basis. This worked well for me, a Long Term Contract rate without a long term contract.

Verizon Prepaid Phone Service

It will cost you a minimum of $10 a month or $100 per year to maintain Verizon Prepaid service.

Verizon Service Expiration

If your balance goes to Zero or if your Service time runs out your account will expire.

Using your Prepaid Phone as a Pager

Caller ID can act like a pager when your account balance is low on Money. Check the caller Id and call back on a landline.

Samsung R451c Qwerty Keyboard

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