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US Cellular Review - Plans, Phones, Prepaid, Pros and Cons

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Company Overview US Cellular is a wireless provider with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
Its business model is "Dynamic Organization", which promises to deliver outstanding customer satisfaction results.
It services about 6.
2 million customers in 26 states.
Prepaid Plans US Cellular Prepaid offers three prepaid monthly plans.
All these plans include unlimited calling starting at 9 pm and unlimited incoming calls.
There are also two Pay As You Go plans that charge a monthly access fee.
Pros and Cons The free incoming calls and free incoming text messages are a great help in managing your usage.
The $60 and $80 plans include unlimited calling on weekends and holidays.
However, the minutes do not roll over to the next cycle so you need you check your minutes on a regular basis so that you don't waste precious minutes.
In addition, there is no option to choose the phone you want as US Cellular Prepaid only offers one phone model.
Features Minutes The $45 plan has 350 minutes and charges 15 cents per minute for overages.
The $60 plan includes 600 minutes and the overage charge is 10 cents per minute.
The $80 plan has 1000 minutes and also charges 10 cents per minutes for overage.
The two Pay As You Go plans have a monthly access fee of $6 and $10 respectively.
The $6 plan costs 15 cents per minute and the $10 plan costs 10 cents per minute.
  Data US Cellular does not provide web access.
Text and picture All incoming text messages are free and the casual rate for outgoing messages is 25 cents.
There are three text messaging plans available.
The Text Messaging 250 is for $4.
95 per month, the Text Messaging 750 is for $9.
95 and the Text Messaging Unlimited is for $14.
95 per month.
Overages for the first two text messaging plans cost 25 cents per message.
  International US Cellular Prepaid offers international calling and the rates are added on top of the monthly plan.
Check the website for the detailed rates to specific countries.
  Calling Features The included features in US Cellular phones are call waiting, caller ID, nationwide long distance and 3-way calling.
Long distance You may call any location in the US at no additional cost.
911 Yes.
  Payment Options You may refill the minutes in two ways: Cash Refill and Auto Refill.
Cash Refill is simply purchasing minutes in any US Cellular retailer through cash, credit card or money order.
Auto Refill is done online or by simply dialing the refill menu from your phone.
You may also opt to set a specific day in a month when your account will be automatically refilled.
Or you may have the system automatically refill your minutes every time the balance goes under $5.
  Roaming charge Roaming charges on all monthly plans is 69 cents a minute.
This occurs on areas that have no US Cellular towers.
Activation fee There is a one-time activation charge of $30.
00 to the monthly plans.
The same applies when you're activating any compatible mobile phones.
For Pay As You Go plans, the activation fee is $50.
00.
The activation fee offsets the retail price of the phone.
  Minute expiration rules The minutes included on each monthly plan expire on the last day of the cycle.
Each cycle lasts for 30 days and the monthly charge date follows the last day of the cycle.
You can only refill your minutes if you have paid the monthly fee before the charge date.
  Customer Service Customer service is available through the toll-free or email found in the US Cellular website.
Phones The only available phone model for US Cellular Wireless is the LG UX145 Black.
This phone is pretty basic with limited features.
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