Intro

Most of us have smartphones – it has sort of become everyone’s personal tool. Today I want to just go over a few things that you could look at before jumping into buying a cell phone plan – things to maybe be aware of that not everyone thinks of.

Prepaid vs Postpaid

Post-Paid

You receive a bill at the end of the month to show you what you’ve used.

Prepaid

Will typically have you pay for the service right up front.

Very important to note: Many prepaid carriers are MVNO’s (Mobile Virtual Network Operators). Fancy for, they are just a name on top of someone else’s network.

For instance, Metro PCS (Is Metro by T-Mobile). Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile are both just Prepaid plans using Sprint’s network. Cricket Wireless is AT&T.

Something both Prepaid and Postpaid have in common:

They offer “BYOD”. This is Bring your Own Device. To me, I see BYOD as a great way to avoid too much involvement with your carrier. I don’t like to finance things through my carrier if I don’t have to.

Closing Remarks

I’d like to our audience and our guest, Vic the cat, for putting time aside to listen to the podcast.

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