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Daily Plans
You
might have thought that daily plans should go between the pay-as-you-go
and
monthly plan types, however, I listed it third for a reason.
Simply
because these types of plans were introduced into the market after the
monthly bucketed type plans. So think of the list as an
evolution of
products that were launched over time. The spirit of these
plans is to
provide you with a better value than the pay-as-you-go plan, but not
quite as good as the monthly plan. Here are some common
features of
these plans to look out for:
- Is the plan subscription or
pay-per-use? A subscription plan means that you put money
into your
account (ex. $10), and each day, whether you use your phone or not,
your daily charge is deducted from your account (ex. $1 per day).
If
it's pay-per-use, if you use your phone on that day (for anything),
you'll be charged the daily fee (ex. $1 per day), however, if you don't
use your phone at all, you won't be charged anything. If the
rate for
these two types of plans are the same, you'll definitely want the
pay-per-use plan over the subscription plan.
- What are the
rates? Sometimes these plans simply give you discounted
rates. For
example, pay $1 per day and get 5 or 10 cents per minute instead of 15
or 20 cents per minute. However, sometimes daily plans will
give you a
bucket of minutes or even unlimited minutes.
- What other services are included?
Look for other charges for voicemail, wireless web, text
messaging, etc.
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