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IntroShould you switch to a Net10 cell phone plan?Why? In this economy you have to be creative to fund what's valuable such as education. Perhaps you want to add some art or music classes for your kids back into the budget. 
Net10 is an attractive option for a prepaid cell phone plan with low effective monthly cost of about $15 a month even if you spell it as Net 10 with a space. The airtime cost is fixed at 10 cents per minute, no matter how many minutes you buy at a time. However, the service periods for the various airtime cards do vary. Net10 CompanyThis service is provided by Tracfone Wireless (itself a subsidiary of another company).
CoverageSince their service is provided by Tracfone, the coverage maps are basically the same. Coverage is pretty good and much improved from a couple of years ago (Thanks to Matthew for taking time out from making bluegrass gospel music to fact-check this site).Coverage MapHere's a quick look at the Net10 coverage map:
Check out your local coverage. AirtimeAirtime costs 10 cents per minute, but while the per-minute rate is almost always the same, the different airtime cards have different service periods.For those who need more minutes but don't won't a contract, they've also introduced unlimited service, so there are now actually two kinds of . . . Net10 Plans10 cents per minutesAirtime minutes cost, er, 10 cents, but you should base your airtime purchases on how many minutes you tend to use within the service period.Unlimited planFor about $50 a month you can make and receive as many phone calls as you want. The same goes for text messages.Find out more about Net10 minutes and the unlimited plan here. PhonesThere used to be only a few basic handsets available, but there is now a good selection of phones you can choose from, including four camera phones and one music phone.Remember to use the promo codes. Best PhoneCurrently the best Net10 phones are the Motorola EM326g Bluetooth slider phone with mp3 music player and 1.3 megapixel camera, and the Samsung T401g which adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and offers 3 cent texting.Free PhonesYou can get a free LG 300 when you buy a $30 airtime card or a free Motorola V176 when you buy a $60 airtime card.Basic phonesCurrently, the range of models offered starts with a reconditioned . . . Motorola V171 (Nokia 1100 and Nokia 1112 discontinued)These cost $19.99.Nokia 1600 (discontinued)Costs $29.99 but was also available free with a $30 300-minute card bundle. This made it the best deal, because you get an additional 300 minutes for activating the phone. Review. Now replaced by the LG 300 deal.LG 300The LG 300 is a basic open face phone. It costs $29.99 you can often get a reconditioned LG 300G Cell Phone, Net10 300 minute cardMotorola V176This flip phone adds a color display and nicer looks.Motorola W370This has the same stylish features as the W375 but skipped the camera. So if you already had a digital camera that you carried around with you, this was a better buy. Usually no longer available.You can move up to three different . . . Camera PhonesThe camera phones all offer VGA-resolution pictures, good enough for emailing but not printing except as wallet-size cards.Motorola C261Pretty good looking handset with nice big speaker which makes the handsfree speaker phone function fairly well.Motorola W375/W377Stylish flip phone from the designer of the Razr. Also includes an FM radio. Review. Get the W377g if you want to use a Bluetooth headset.LG 225Compact black flip phone which fits easily in a pocket or handbag.LG600gThe LG600g is a flip phone with camera and Bluetooth capability including downloading photos to your PC.300 minutes of airtime included300 minutes of airtime is included with any phone.The prices for some of these phones are slightly higher than for the same phones on Tracfone's website. To get the lower cost of the Net10 calls without the hassle of looking for bonus codes, you have to pay a little more for the phones themselves. Still, in the end it's a good deal if you talk for at least five minutes a day. Especially when you factor in the value of those included minutes. This also which makes the reconditioned V171 a bargain at $19.99 since the effective rate for those first 300 minutes is only 6.7 cents per minute rather than the usual 10 cents per minute. Plus you get the phone to use those minutes. Get $3 off on any phone or accessory $19.99 or more with coupon code 34567 Text messagesText messages cost 5 cents each (except on the T401g) to send and receive. So you can think of $30 equaling 300 minutes of airtime or 600 messages. That's why their ads like this say you get 300 minutes free:Text to Net10 Phones From PCIt's easy to text to Net 10 phones from a PC without using your phone. Only the person receiving the text message is charged airtime.
Switching from TracfoneHave you ever wonder whether you could convert a Tracfone handset into a Net 10 handset. After all, they're basically the same company, so it seems a reasonable thing to be able to do.I already had a Tracfone handset, and it seemed a waste to put my Tracfone handset out to pasture if I could keep using it. Now officially, Tracfone doesn't offer to port your Tracfone number to another carrier, because they basically can't. The number is really owned by whatever local cell phone carrier they're using. Still, since Tracfone and Net10 are under the same company, it looked like it might be possible to at least transfer the number in this case. Customer ServiceNet10 Customer Service NumberYou can reach customer service at:1-877-TEN-CENT (1-877-836-2368) Two AnswersSo I called up customer service. After navigating through a few menu options, I finally reached a real person who proceeded to tell me that while I could certainly port my number, I would need to buy a new handset. The support person said that it was a "different company" -- a somewhat strange thing to say since they were part of Tracfone. This was puzzling, but I accepted her statement.Still I wasn't convinced. I went to their website again, and clicked on the activate link. I noticed that the activation procedure looked almost exactly the same as with Tracfone. So, a couple of days later, I called up their customer service again. This time, the customer rep told me that I could indeed convert my Tracfone handset into a Net 10 handset. All I had to do was provide my serial number and they would be able to switch it over! SO WHICH IS IT? I don't know. So . . . just get a new phoneThey're cheap enough. So just get a new phone and ask customer service to try and transfer the number. If you can't just tell your friends your new number.Once you're settled in with your new service, you might even want a couple of new . . . RingtonesWhile it's fairly difficult to find free ringtones, you can buy them. Just go to their Buy Ringtones page and plug in your serial number.Thanks for reading this Net10 Already Use Net10?Tell us about it!Your Net10 ReviewShare your experience with Net10! What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
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