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I have been with Verizon Prepaid for almost a year. Several months ago I was told by a rep that a lot of times Verizon will ask prepaid customers if they would like to go witha traditional plan instead of the prepaid. How do we go about asking for that?? I applied online and Verizon wants an outrageous deposit, plus a lot for the phone down payment. I may switch to a different carrier.....but I'd really like to stay with Verizon. The prepaid roams in my area, but when I was on a contract plan it did not. Thank you.