- July 26, 2010, 7:05 pm
When it comes to prepaid wireless, Tracfone is the grandfather. Launched under its current name in late 2000, Tracfone soon became a mainstay at Wal-Mart stores. Other competitors, such as Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile, soon followed, but through the early 00s Tracfone was synonymous with prepaid wireless. Even to this day Tracfone is a prepaid powerhouse, featuring over 10 million subscribers. Yet the landscape has changed over the past decade, and now Tracfone's subsidiaries offer a better deal than the parent
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