Cricket Wireless Mckinley

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Cell phones have become a necessity of life, but extended contracts no longer are. While the vast majority of current cell phone users are tied into long-term contracts, recent data supports that two out of every three new customers are opting for pre-paid or pay-as-you-go plans instead. What is the cause for this recent trend? The following are some of the more logical explanations. Pay-as-you-go or pre-paid plans can be incredibly beneficial for a very specific group of users. While this fact hasn’t changed in the last five years, the state of the economy certainly has. Many cell phone users are switching to pre-paid plans as an easy way to trim their monthly budget. Although less costly plans generally provide fewer minutes, the majority of people making this switch only use their cell phones minimally, meaning pay-as-you-go plans make the most sense for them anyway. Another group of people for whom pre-paid plans make the most sense are senior citizens. In the past, many of these customers just opted to go without a phone at all, but the recent technological empowerment of the baby-boomers has changed all that. Now that Grandma is on Facebook, there is no reason for her to think she can’t handle a cell phone, which is why many of the new pre-paid customers are older Americans.