On 10/20/2015 1:44 PM, mike wrote:
On 10/20/2015 10:56 AM, Don Y wrote:

SWMBO carries a cell phone "for emergencies" ("Don, I've got a flat
tire" "Do we need any linguini for Friday supper?" etc.) She
puts $100 of credit on it each year (else she loses any accumulated
credit -- or something like that. I think it now has several
hundred dollars "on account" as she uses it so little!

OTOH, $8/month (total!) is a small price to pay to be able to
make a call in an emergency!
PagePlus has a prepaid plan for $10 every 120 days on Verizon network.
It's 10-cents a minute and minutes rollover. Per minute cost doesn't
matter if you're not using them.

I have a Lycamobile phone plan where prepaid minutes don't expire.
I put $10 on it two years ago. Must have been too many doing that,
becuz, I think they don't offer the non-expire plan any more.

SWMBO got her phone many years ago when she was making regular trips
to Utah -- many parts of that trip have spotty coverage, at best. We
did a fair bit of research to find the carrier(s) -- at that time -- that
would be able to cover her trip. A phone that gets "no signal" isn't
much of a bargain -- esp when the nearest "service station" may be
the better part of an hour's drive!

In town, it's almost silly to have one as you can *walk* to a service
station or some other "open to the public" business in a pinch.