Starting today, consumers nationwide can get prepay wireless calling on Verizon Wireless for just 99 cents a day through INpulse, the company's new prepay wireless plan.
INpulse leverages the broad scope of Verizon Wireless' network to offer prepay customers one of the most comprehensive and affordable prepay plans in the nation. With INpulse prepaid wireless from Verizon Wireless, customers get unlimited INCalling to other Verizon Wireless customers anytime, unlimited night calling to anyone for $0.99 daily access and just $0.10 per minute for other calls from the INpulse coverage area.
With INpulse, customers can also send and receive TXT Messages for just $0.05 for each message sent or received. And, INpulse customers from coast-to-coast also get the same convenience features as contract customers, such as Caller ID, Call Waiting and Voice Mail.
To help customers make the most of their wireless calling experience, INpulse prepay offers generous expiration dates. Customers who purchase INpulse prepay from $15 to $29.99 have 30 days to use the service; $30 to $74.99 have 60 days to use the service; $75 to $149.99 have 90 days to use their service. INpulse prepay purchases of $150 and above expire in 120 days. Account balances will be carried forward for customers who refill their minutes before they expire.
Verizon Wireless customers can also take advantage of international calling with INpulse. Competitively priced for the occasional caller, INpulse customers pay just $0.20 per minute to Canada and Mexico or $0.50 per minute to other available destinations, plus $0.10 per minute for the standard calling rate. If a customer travels outside of the America's Choice coverage area, roaming is $0.69 per minute, including domestic long distance.
Verizon Wireless invests more than $4 billion annually to maintain and expand its network nationwide. The company's most reliable network claim is based on the network studies completed by real-life test men and women, who conduct more than four million calls annually on the Verizon Wireless network and other national wireless carriers' networks while traveling more than one million miles in specially-equipped, company-owned quality test vehicles across the nation.
Funny they should advertise this as a new, advantageous service, since they just eliminated their minutes only plan, and now require you to pay at least $45 per month (figuring in the the $0.99 per day plus at least $15 per month of minutes that expire) even if you only make one call per month! Very bad timing for me, as I'm a very light user and was planning to subscribe to their former prepay plan within the week, and only Verizon has decent signal inside my house.
2. Posted by lady51
Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:37 pm
There is a pre-paid service sold through Walmart called Simple Freedom which uses Verizon and Alltel. Phones are available at Walmart, K-Mart and Sam's Club. Pricing is similar to the old Verizon pre-paid plans. The telephones and service are nothing fancy but people who have it think highly of it. It seems to be a good plan for a light user and you will get to use the good Verizon network.
Hope this helps.
3. Posted by shadysbaby
Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:50 pm
I switched to the
Inpulse plan
and I was told once you switch to the plan you are not able to switch back, you get free nights (from 9:00 pm - 6:00 am) Otherwise all calls are 10 cents per minuate and a dollar a day conection fee whether you use your phone or not. You get free long distance, if you are in your area. If you are Roaming (roaming is when you leave your calling area) then charges apply ( 69 cents a minuate.) laugh in thier faces
4. Posted by DarkCreep
Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:05 am
i had b00st pre- paid. the signal was out of this world. i had signal everywhere. But i couldnt stand the whole pre paid thing.
5. Posted by LittleLamb
Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:14 pm
Gee Allen, close but no cigar. I see your posting has only included the 'InPulse POWER' plan within the 'Inpulse' service. The one touted as the best is actually the 'InPulse PLUS'. That is $1.99 daily access (only for days of use) Unlimited mobile to mobile (any cell carrier accepted) Unlimited Night Minutes, from 9:01pm - 5:59am. Weekend, Per-Minute & txt Msg rates are .05 cents a min.
Drawbacks: 1) The prepackaged phone you get, has no internet capability. 2) No USB jack to connect to your home computer. 3) Your charged for every little thing you do on your phone when your first setting the darn thing up. 4) Using your camera, & sending the pic, costs you .25 cents per transmission. 5) If you wish to get better wallpaper, or Ringtones, YOU MUST buy them from the Verizon Store. (rip-offs)
Now, if these caviott's do not bother the snot out of you, then this is a wonderful pre-paid plan to go with. Especially, if your use rate is low - to mid-stream.
For now, it's what I'm stuck with. But I'm working on working around it. (snickers)
6. Posted by jdwme
Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:43 pm
you do realize the original post was from 2005 right? Things have change in the last 3.75 years since the service was first launched.
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laugh in thier faces 
