Prepaid calling on cellphones used to be expensive and even a bit embarrassing, because pay-as-you-go service was often aimed at deadbeats and those with little credit. ¶ Now, thanks to companies such ...

When we left off last week, I was mulling the best cell-phone plan for customers who use significantly more than or too few of their allotted monthly minutes. I wondered whether a prepaid – or “pay as ...

Last week, we highlighted the problem of cell phone jail -- that helpless feeling a lot of consumers get when they are stuck in a long-term cell phone deal and the only way out is to pay a stiff ...

My parents want to be able to take a cell phone on trips once in a while. They have absolutely no need for a cell phone pretty much the whole rest of the time. I've been looking around for them for a ...

Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia. There were the cards that didn’t deliver as many ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Verizon recently launched a new prepaid plan designed to offer significant savings for those not ...

In the county of Kenya there exists an economic model using prepaid airtime minutes as a de facto currency, and this type of market is well on its way to reality in other small, impoverished countries ...

While some phone service plans require lengthy contracts and cumbersome down payments, prepaid phones can be purchased, activated, and used faster than ever before. If you don’t want the hassle and ...