Are you happy with the prepaid phone connection you are currently using? If not, it’s time to switch to a better one, with Airtel prepaid plans.

You wouldn’t know if a person is using a prepaid plan or a postpaid one – unless they say something like, “My phone balance is about to run out!” This is a dead giveaway that a person is a prepaid phone user.

There is very little to distinguish between the best prepaid plans and postpaid phone plans today. Gone are the days when prepaid plans offered limited data and slow speeds. Today, the best prepaid plans from leading service providers have all the features that a user needs – you can browse all day on it, enjoy high speeds, chat, surf and explore to your heart’s content.

But if you are looking for a better prepaid plan than the one you have now, you might have to switch providers to begin with. Consider these parameters when making the switch:

* Check out the recharge prepaid plans. Only leading mobile service providers like Airtel have a range of the best prepaid plans in recharge at the moment. Based on the city of your residence (or circle), you can get up to 4 prepaid plans from Airtel. The more plans there are, the more you get to choose from. Choose a good mobile service provider so that you can get a choice of plans that are priced competitively. Airtel’s prepaid plans are priced at Rs 199, Rs 399, Rs 448 and Rs 509.

* Check the network connectivity. It is not enough to get the best prepaid plan in terms of low cost. Network connectivity is the most important factor, and it matters a great deal in terms of an emergency or when you move out of your usual geographical location. Only a service provider like Airtel, which has the biggest coverage of towers all over the country, can provide always-on connectivity. This means that your network will never flag off or suffer an outage if your mobile service provider is Airtel. When taking the prepaid plan, check this aspect of connectivity first. Also perform the network data speed test on Ookla – a speed of 8 Mbps and above is desirable.

* Check for data and other features. Next, check the recharge prepaid plan to see how it is designed. What are the inclusions and are there are any features that others don’t offer? To quote the example of Airtel recharge prepaid plans, this is what you can expect from the plans:

• Validity ranging between 28 days to 90 days
• Unlimited calling
• 100 free SMSs every day
• 4 GB data per day