As pay phones die, prepaid has opportunity

Prepaid Reviews ran a piece a while ago, which compared the rates of our featured providers in terms of how well they fared in an emergency-only capacity. With the dying out of pay phones, this issue is becoming more and more important. Prepaid is the ideal alternative to pay phones. You only pay for minutes you intend to use, and usually only have to recharge your account every three or so months, depending on which service you use. The best part is that you’re free to switch services. So if you’re not getting reception at your most frequent haunts, you can just switch to a company which has service in that area. This doesn’t mean, though, that I’m against pay phones. Hardly. From where else can the youth of the nation crank call toll-free numbers? Kidding aside, though, there needs to remain a level of balance in pay phones. There’s never going to be a scenario where every adult resident of the U.S. has a cell phone, so there should be no one without access to a pay phone. For some, these phones are lifelines. Anyway, the Newsday article is a good read, with a bit of history on the pay phone. [Newsday]]]>