TracFone Wireless Digital Prepaid Plan

Average customer rating: 4.5

I can hear you now.

Service that fits the bill for me quite nicely

TracFone Wireless Digital Prepaid Plan

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Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Plan
ASIN: B00005U1Q3

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Emergency Use: Under 100 min
| Service Plans | Cell Phones & Service

Amazon.com Product Description

Calling Range: national (roaming not included)

This cell phone service plan lets you call throughout TracFone's nationwide network, with no additional fees for long distance service.

Included Minutes: Units good for 10 local or 5 roaming

This plan includes 10 airtime units; good for 10 minutes worth of local calling (billed at one unit per minute) or 5 minutes of roaming (billed at two units per minute), or any combination of local and roaming totaling 10 airtime units.

Mobile-to-Mobile minutes: no

This plan offers no reduced fee for calls made between two TracFone cell phone plan subscribers.

Services and products included at no additional fee

A Nokia 5165 cell phone and access to the TracFone nationwide long distance network is available at no additional cost to the by-minute rate (see Services Available, below) when you purchase individual phone cards. You'll also get voice mail, caller ID, call waiting, and text messaging. There is no monthly fee, deposit, or credit check with this program. For more information, see the "prepaid faq" on the left column of this page.

Services Available for an additional, per-use fee

Calls cost between $0.10 and $0.50 per minute depending on the type of pre-paid phone card you use. Cards are purchased separately.

Upgrade Highlights: n/a

No upgrades are available for this plan.

Plan Duration: n/a

Calls are paid for with prepaid phone cards, sold separately and refillable by TracFone and most cell phone retail outlets.

Customer Reviews:

I can hear you now........2005-07-22

I have been with Tracfone for a few years. I wanted a new phone, and the digital plan came along with the purchase of the phone. The customer service has been great. I have not had any problems with my phone or the service. I have used the service in my local area of Utah, as well as traveling in Nevada,California, Wyoming & Montana.

Service that fits the bill for me quite nicely.......2001-11-27

I own a house in Utah, but I am traveling out of the country a lot of the time. The tracfone plan fits my needs perfectly.

The basics:

I would have given it 5 stars if it wasn't for two minor flaws. The first of which is that the phones that can use this plan are a little old when it comes to style. They are bigger and heaver than today's top of the line phones. The second reason is that the per minute rate is not as cheap as I would like, but I fail to see how they are making a profit off of me as it is, so I guess I shouldn't complain that much.

The details:
I am away a lot (for months at a time) and I just couldn't see paying a $30 or $40 monthly fee to maintain a number when not using the phone. Tracfone solves this problem.

I bought the phone (on Amazon) and I buy the 300 minute refill cards on Amazon.

I registered the phone while in Utah, and it gave me a local 801 number.

Then every two months, or every 300 minutes I input a new card for more minutes. The two month requirement is so that you can keep the same number, but the minutes don't expire for a year. So even when I am out of the country for three months at a time, I just need to add another 300 minute card via the website and my phone gets more time (both months and minutes).

In theory, you could do this with the 10 minute cards to maintain really cheap monthly service (although you should note that the 10 minute cards only give you 1 month). But for piece of mind, just buy the phone - buy a bunch of 10 minute cards (or the yearly plan for $99) and keep it for emergencies only.

On other thing to mention - the months/minutes are stackable, so if I add two 300 minute cards right now it will increase my time by 600 minutes and by 4 months.

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