Tag archive: prepaid mobile phones

After garnering the ire of consumers with unlimited data plans that aren’t actually unlimited, Wal-Mart’s low-cost carrier Straight Talk has belied its name yet again with an even shadier marketing strategy: shill reviews. While we’re used to spam from the likes of tiny companies that need every eye they can get, we were surprised this morning when Digital Trends saw a bombardment of shill reviews promoting Straight Talk – a prepaid cellular… Read More

Potential caveats aside, prepaid and pay-as-you-go cell phone plans make a lot of sense for the right type of users, and not just people who don’t have the credit scores to get onboard with a contract plan. For example: No contract, pay-as-you-go plans make an affordable option for the occasional cell phone user who just needs a mobile lifeline now and then, while unlimited text and voice plans can cut bills for nonstop talkers who keep running… Read More

Prepaid and pay-as-you-go cell phone services have a dirty reputation. For most of us, they conjure up images of rundown retail locations in strip malls full of smarmy salesmen, 2004-era phones, and sky-high prices to take advantage of people with poor credit.

He’s been dubbed the ‘Craigslist Killer.’ It’s alleged that 22-year-old Philip Markoff met masseuse Julissa Brisman after she advertised on classified ad site Craigislist, then murdered her on April 14. He’s also been accused of the robbery of a prostitute in Las Vegas on April 10, and the robbery of a stripper in Rhode Island on April 16, and speculation is that he met both of them on the site, too. In… Read More