I use AirVoiceWireless.com
It costs me $10 every 3 months minimum -- (aka $40/year).
That's it. Total.
I think you can use it with any phone that has a sim card.
Same network as AT&T (I think). Anyway, it's worked
for me all over Arizona, California, Alaska, New York,
Alabama, Washington, etc. Just buy an AirVoice sim card
and buy time online at their website as you need it.
Ryan wrote:
Subject: OT: Cheapy Mc Cheap Cheap cell phone?
> So, my dad had his cell phone service through Qwest for quiet a while now...
> A 15$/month 30 minute plan with the cheapest phone they had available,
> basically just to use in emergencies or to call me when he is driving to
> pick me up from somewhere.
>
> A little while ago, my dad got a letter from Qwest saying they were
> discontinuing their cellular service and he'd have to go elsewhere for
> cellular.
>
> Basically, he wants to pay as little as humanly possible to use his
> cellphone. I think last month he racked up a whopping four minutes of
> cellular usage, so having a plan with OVER 9000 minutes a month is simply
> unnecessary. We looked at a few pre-paid plans, specifically verizon's
> plans, but after doing the math, it seemed that there was no way to simply
> say 'I want to only pay .25$ for every minute I use' without preloading, at
> minimum, 400 minutes. Which expire every 30 days.
>
> I also suggested that he just get one of those cheap-o phones they sell at
> drug stores and grocery stores, but we kind of worry what the cellular
> service would be like. He travels up north fairly often (show low, pinetop,
> etc) and often is in areas where his Qwest phone did not get a signal,
> whereas my Verizon phone did.
>
> Where could he get a working cell phone, preferably free or less than 100$
> with a pay per minute plan with minutes that either don't expire or can be
> loaded (or billed automatically!) in tiny increments?
>
> This is probably a hopeless cause given how MaBell-ish cell phone companies
> have become lately... :<
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