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What pre-paid carrier is the best/will support my Droid X?

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So my job gave me a Droid X back in 2011 for free with a free 2 gig plan.

I still work there but they no longer pay for my phone. Today was the last day. They allowed me to keep the Droid X but I need my own plan now.

I figured I would stick with Verizon but for some reason the Droid X doesn't work with prepaid and instead I have to go with "pay as you go" which is $90 minimum a month. So I dont think I will go with verizon.

Never dealt with prepaid cellphones before in my life. My credit isn't very good so I don't want to try to sign up for a contract.

I understand that the Droid X has no SIM card but I just don't understand which company to go with.

Been 24 hours I have had no phone number and I want to have one by the end of the day tomorrow.

Thank you
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i don't know, quite frankly, but you'll have to refine your research to CDMA carriers. here is a list of them.

Here is a list of the carriers in the US that use CDMA technology:
Alaska Communications
Alltel
Appalachian Wireless
BeyondMobile (uses Sprint towers)
Blue (also uses GSM)
Bluegrass Cellular
Blue Wireless
Boost Mobile (uses Sprint towers)
Carolina West Wireless
Cellcom
Cellular One of Northeast PA (purchased by Verizon)
Cellular One Bermuda
C Spire Wireless
Clear Talk
Commnet Wireless (also uses GSM)
CREDO Moble (uses Sprint towers)
Cricket Communications (including Jump Mobile Prepaid)
Eclipse Mobile
Element MobileGCI Wireless (also uses GSM)
Golden State Cellular
GreatCall (uses Verizon towers)
i-wireless (uses Sprint towers)
KDDI Mobile (uses Sprint towers)
Liberty Wireless (uses Sprint towers)
Locus Mobile (uses Verizon towers & GSM AT&T towers)
MetroPCS
Mobi PCS
Movida Wireless (uses Sprint towers)
Nex-Tech Wireless
nTelos
Page Plus Cellular (uses Verizon towers)
Panhandle Telecommunication Systems
Pioneer Cellular
PlatinumTel Prepaid Wireless (uses Sprint towers)
Pocket Communications
Republic Wireless (uses Sprint towers)
Revol Wireless
ReadyMobile (uses Sprint towers)
Shaka Mobile (uses Verizon & Sprint towers)
Sprint Nextel
Standing Rock Telecom
STI Mobile (uses Sprint towers)
Syringa Wireless
Thumb Cellular
Ting (uses Sprint towers)
TracFone Wireless - includes NET10, Simple Mobile, Straight Talk (also uses GSM & towers from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular & T-Mobile)
Trumpet Mobile (uses Sprint towers)
U.S. Cellular - TalkTracker Prepaid
Verizon Wireless - INPulse Prepaid
Virgin Mobile USA
Zing PCS



Read more: Info: List of US CDMA Carriers
 
Pretty sure we can eliminate Boost from that list as they don't (to my knowledge, anyway) have a BYOD program at this time

EDIT: I'm also gonna go ahead and move this to Device/Carrier Comparisons since that is what this discussion is about
 
From the list boathead posted you're probably limited to companies using Verizon towers that will also allow you to BYOD. Most (or all) companies using Sprint either require you to purchase their own phone or will only let you use a Sprint phone with BYOD.

Personally I use Ting - they accept almost all Sprint phones, but no Verizon phones. I know Boost, Virgin Mobile, and Republic Wireless will not accept Verizon phones.
 
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