There is no perfect wireless phone service, yet. This should be the first thing you should remember if you are in search for your next wireless phone service provider. The next thing you should know is that there is at least 5 or more companies providing phone service in your area and an average resident would only be able to name at least 3. These cellular companies are not any small company. They operate throughout the country with billions of dollars in revenue. These wireless phone service providers have their own nature in serving their subscribers. Each has its own unique plans, rates, discounts, phone units, costumer support service, and features.

Making a choice then does not involve a great deal of time. With a little idea of what you need for a phone and matching it with the available phone service companies would do the job.

Deciding what company to take should start from within. You should know what you want and the type of services you need.

You should determine the type of plan you want. This is the tricky part. Each cellular phone service company has its own way of naming their plans but generally, they are almost the same so you better have a clear idea of what type of plan you want. There are companies that offer personal and business plan. There are some that provide special rates on a particular plan.

Categorize yourself as a type of caller. Usually, companies have different rates for local, regional, nationwide, and roaming callers. Choosing a particular type of plan would give you several pros and cons. As was mentioned, there are yet to have a perfect cellular phone service providers so you have to settle for those that are presently available. This is an example: if you choose a local calling plan, you can get unlimited calls within the local coverage. Beyond that would require you to pay for additional rates or you cannot call outside your area at all. Some plans also have special calling rates during weekdays, midnights and daylights. Others have minute rates during daytime with unlimited rates starting midnight. For people who travel abroad, getting the roaming feature would enable them to call use their phone outside United States. This might be a bit expensive but still cheaper fore frequent travelers.

Then you select your wireless phone service provider. There are more than a hundred wireless phone service providers throughout the country. Big names are Verizon, Sprint Nextel Corporation, T-Mobile, and Cingular. Others include AT&T, BellSouth, Virgin, and more.

Armed with the idea of what you want for a phone would give you the easy task in selecting the type of phone service to take. Consider also the range of coverage. Some may operate in a particular state while others can give you good coverage anywhere in the country and others are not available on a particular area. Consider also the features of every phone service providers. Some phone companies offer identical phone unit at almost uniform price.

To make it short, choosing your wireless phone service provider would involve 5 things: the type of plan you like, the availability of that plan on the provider, the type of provider, the range of coverage the provider offers, the phone, and the features.

Robert Thatcher is a freelance publisher based in Cupertino, California. He publishes articles and reports in various ezines and provides phone service resources on http://www.about-phone-services.info