Prepaid cellphone can have legitimate uses, and that all really depends on your lifestyle. If a person doesn’t use a phone very much, it would make way more sense for them to use a prepaid plan because they are paying a lot less money than they would if they had a contract. Contracts can be very expensive, and if you aren’t going to make a lot of calls, send a lot of texts, or use a lot of data, it makes no sense to have a contract. Also, if you have poor credit, and don’t want to have another bill to pay, it may make sense to pay for a prepaid cell phone in cash, so you know how much exactly it is going to cost you and you don’t have to worry about it every month when your credit card bill comes in. I think that it would be unfair to this type of cell phone user to get rid of prepaid cell phones because they are using them legally. Maybe something can be done so that even though you aren’t paying for a contract, your name is still tied to that phone number. But if that were to occur, criminals would go back to using phone booths to keep their anonymity. If a criminal knows that the way they are going to be communicating will cause them to be caught by the authorities, they will seek other ways of communicating. It doesn’t seem worth it to get rid of a legitimate phone service to have criminals stop using them. It is unfair to phone service providers who have customers who aren’t willing to get a contract to lose business because the government wants to be able to find people. That doesn’t seem fair to the phone companies and the people who have legitimate reasons to have a prepaid service plan.
I agree with you that getting rid of pre paid phones completely would be unfair, and I also agree that there should be some type of contact related to the pre paid phone you buy.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely that criminals will keep committing crimes and use other methods, so it would be unfair to punish the innocent citizens. I'm not sure that it would be important to register themselves as the user of that particular number especially since people that purchase prepaid phones sometimes use them for such short periods of time and then don't use them for a while or ever again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying; it definitely depends on your lifestyle. It doesn't seem fair to get rid of prepaid phones since there are people who cannot afford a legitimate phone contract. Also, like you said, if someone doesn't use a phone very much it makes sense for them to use a prepaid phone/plan.
ReplyDeleteI agree that criminals will just find alternative ways to communicate and we should not do away with prepaid phones because it is unfair for those who use it legitimately . People who have certain lifestyles and financial situations should not be punished.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great point that criminals will just find another way to communicate. Simply taking away prepaid phones won't stop people from being criminals, they'll just find another way.
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