by Jennifer Keith
(Lexington, VA, USA)
I bought a phone when I moved to a new area and was unsure of the carrier I wanted to use. I thought the Verizon prepaid phone would be a good way to bridge the gap between a new two year contract and having no phone at all. How wrong I was! In my area (the mountains of Virginia) the Inpulse phone had horrible coverage.
Somehow, my friends with regular Verizon phones (on a contract) had no trouble keeping calls. However, my phone would drop calls frequently and not pick up calls when it should have. Perhaps the worst thing about this phone was the cost. While paying when you only use the phone seems like a good idea...it isn't. If you are a frequent phone user (which I am), this phone will end up costing you more than two phones on a regular plan. I eventually switched to a regular phone with a contract and have been happy with the price and service of that phone. I will never go pre-paid again.