On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:08:31 -0400, Frank
wrote:

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I have little need for a cell phone but have a Tracfone. Wife had
bought it for her emergency use but gave it to me when son put her on
his family plan which probably costs him $20 month.

http://www.tracfone.com/index.jsp

You can get into a years plan for $99 which includes minutes.
Cost per minute might be as much as a quarter but if you use as little
as I do, it is a bargain and when you renew, they roll the minutes over.
I keep the phone in the car or carry it when out in the woods. Never
keep it on for incoming calls and now have 1,200 minutes I don't know
what to do with and need to renew in Oct. Still a very cheap insurance
option.

You can get a Tracfone for $15, but it comes with only 10 minutes.

Tracfone uses the AT&T system, so your coverage area should be the
same.

I use a prepaid phone from Alltel (now Verizon Wireless) because it
works well here and AT&T doesn't. I got a phone with a camera.
Sometimes it's nice to have a camera with you. With many Motorola
phones you can get software to transfer the pictures directly to your
computer, rather than having to email them (25 cents each).

BTW, my spell checker thinks "Tracfone" should be "Racoon".
--
Mark Lloyd
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