OT: Cheapy Mc Cheap Cheap cell phone?

[Stephen]

I know alltell used to have a elcheapo plan like that, and you pay for
each day you use the plan and a per minuet charge. verizon has the
same sort of option available.

cricket starts at 30/month normally right now.

although the per day thing AT&T has the most decent looking one
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/pyg-cell-phone-plans.jsp

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey guys,
>
> 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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