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[quote=Anonymous]Google the service that you want to use and "QCI level" to see if it is deprioritized and by how much.  Lower numbers are better.  Most consumer services are in the 7-9 range.  As noted above, this won't make a difference if the tower to which you are connected is not busy.  When said tower is busy, subscribers with lower QCI levels (=higher priority) will receive priority.

Different prepaid services work at different QCI levels.  The whole basis of that business model is re-selling of excess capacity (which exists most of the time).  When there is no excess capacity, prepaid subscribers get screwed to varying degrees.  This is distinct from "coverage," which is the same for prepaid and postpaid subscribers to a given network operator (Tmobile, Verizon, ATT).  When a given tower is busy, you will have "coverage," but might not have "service" (or said service might not be good).

Deprioritized service might be fine for you, but it is important to understand why the prices for that service are lower.[/quote]

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