how does tracphone work?

jerwpa · #1 07-25-2007, 08:45 AM

mr_gemini_313 · #2 07-25-2007, 09:01 AM

To get all the info about TracFone click this link ---> http://www.tracfone.com/e_store2.jsp...EID=CJFPLTTEXT

~B~ · #3 07-25-2007, 09:03 AM

Basically Tracfone is a prepay cell service that you buy mins for every 2 months. They are $20 for 60 mins $40 for 120 mins and so on.... You also have the option to buy a year card that keeps your phone active for a year - $99 and 250 mins., and you only buy mins when you need them. If you don't get the one year card you have to add mins to your phone every 2 months to keep it active. You also have the option of buying a ! year double min card that basically works like the year card, but any time throughout that year that you buy mins, you get twice as many. Those are $129 and you get 400 mins.

Earl Camembert · #4 07-26-2007, 04:54 PM

TracFone works as well as Verizon for as low as 5 cents a minute.

mharris127 · #5 02-29-2008, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Earl Camembert

TracFone works as well as Verizon for as low as 5 cents a minute.

Earl is correct, but should have expanded on his comment. The five to seven cpm is only available if you use a double minutes card and use bonus codes with your time cards. Without the double minutes card you can expect to pay about 15 cpm for low use, still not bad if you only use 100 or so minutes every 90 days. Come to www.go4prepaid.com and select the forum link on the right for bonus codes.

Tracfone actually works better than Verizon in my experience because of the extensive roaming contracts they have with other small providers.

#6 03-06-2009, 12:01 AM

Tracfone leases timespace from AT&T, so it's a pretty extensive network.

I would like to repeat the question in the first posting, how does a tracfone work?

This is not a billing question, it is a technical question. Do they have to alter the circuitry, add a chip, etc., to give you the constant minutes-left display?

What if I move the SIM card from the TracFone to another TracFone, or some other GSM phone (such as AT&T)? Will it still work?

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