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A credit check determines the creditworthiness of a person. It involves a detailed analysis from a credit-reporting agency. The report contains the social security number, employment histories and payments histories for debts and loans. Cell phone companies usually require a customer to meet their terms of creditworthiness. A person who has been through a bad financial phase cannot usually meet these requirements. Such people opt for a prepaid cell. A prepaid cell does not call for any credit check. With a prepaid cell, you can purchase minutes as and when required. You need not commit to a long-term contract. Prepaid cells are a good choice for parents who want their children to have a cell phone but worry that their children will run up huge bills. Another good use of a prepaid cell is when you are travelling and intend to use the phone only in an emergency. You can avoid the long-term contract and monthly maintenance fee.

Another way to avoid a credit check is to get prepaid airtime. Under such a plan, minutes are purchased ahead. These are either used up or expire within a certain period. It is the best option for those who use their phone occasionally. It is also a wise option for those who do not want to get into a long-term contract with a single provider. As there is no contract and no fees to discontinue service, it becomes easy for the customer with a prepaid connection to switch from one service provider to another. Those people who are on a budget and want to keep their costs low also opt for a prepaid airtime plan. Teenagers and school going students who have cell phones to contact their parents in an emergency are the other consumers of a prepaid airtime connection. A prepaid connection also eliminates the need for a monthly deposit. No monthly rentals are charged for the use of the prepaid services of the cell phone companies.

There are, however, some limitations of a prepaid airtime connection. If minutes are still left in the consumer’s account on the expiration date, the consumer loses those minutes. The minutes may also end up being more expensive than the contract plan that the service provider offers. Sometimes the minutes run out in the middle of a conversation and the cell phone user cannot make any more calls until he buys another set of minutes.