Virgin Mobile offers new plan to help ease your wallet
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Virgin Mobile announced a new $49.99 unlimited prepaid calling plan today, along with a special program to help customers who become unemployed. The program, called the "Pink Slip Protection plan," will waive up to three months of monthly charges if a customer becomes unemployed.
The Pink Slip Protection plan will only go into effect at least two months into a monthly plan, and once he or she becomes eligible for state unemployment benefits. There's currently an open enrollment period through June 30. You can enroll via Virgin Mobile's Web site starting April 15.
If you'd rather not go for the $49.99 unlimited route, Virgin Mobile also offers monthly prepaid plans with unlimited 7 p.m. nights and weekend minutes for $39.99, and all of them can be bundled with messaging or mobile Web for $5 each. You can add unlimited messaging for $10 a month. For those who prefer to text over making calls, Virgin Mobile also offers a "Texting Delight" plan, which offers 1,000 messages for $14.99 or unlimited text for $19.99. That way, frequent texters can choose to keep only a few minutes for occasional use.
The Pink Slip Protection plan applies to all of the monthly prepaid plans, including the Texter's Delight. Virgin Mobile is still keeping its pay-as-you-go plans for those who prefer not to go the monthly plan route.
Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also pretty geeky--she likes World of Warcraft, comic books, and shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole. 
This is a very misleading press release.
I am going to sign up with Boost this month as soon as my Verizon service ends.
Boost offers unlimited Voice, unlimited Texting, unlimited Web, and unlimited Walkie-Talkie for 50 dollars.
For one dollar a day Boost offers unlimited texting, unlimited nights and weekends and unlimited mobile to mobile (Boost, Nextel and Sprint)
- by JOHNcooke987 July 26, 2009 4:33 PM PDT
- So I have used Virgin for over 3 years, (since like my first year in college), and ive been reading about this plan for people who lost their jobs or are on welfare. The only thing is, I hear that not everyone is eligible for this plan. Its only if you have low income or something, but you have to be on welfare. What I want to know is why I DON'T QUALIFY!?! I have very little income from a part-time that I have, but I can barely survive off of that. A cheaper cell phone plan would definitely help me alleviate some of my financial woes. What's the deal Virgin? Can we expect some kind of plan to help your loyal customers who are also students and have low income? Or are you guys turning into some kind of welfare phone plan company that only helps the 'unemployed'?
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