The least expensive plan we can get with 'regular' cellphone service is $44/month for 250 minutes. We only go over that 250 minute limit on vacation. We don't use the phone. We need it to travel, but that's the only time we use it. The plan we looked at is $100 ($2 access fee, $.06/minute for calls, rollover minutes). With the amount we use the phone, it would cost us no more than $200/YEAR to have the phone vs the $528 we pay to have a regular cellphone now.I have heard that Sprint and Verizon have the best coverage but I have AT&T who claims to have the fewest dropped calls. (but if that is the case, I sure would hate to have one of the others)
Bree, why go with a pay as you go instead of just getting a plan? Calls are so much higher with the pay as you go and you constantly have to add to your account. My younger sister has this type and it is a pain..
See, I don't like talking on a cell. Too much delay, too much static, too hard to hear. I call everyone using my landline.A timely topic. My contract's up on Thursday and I have until then to decide whether to keep it, switch, or go with the pay as you go.
I've been using 130-150 minutes a month, but that doesn't count cell to cell with dh and my friend in Maryland, or evening and weekend use.
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I was the guy hugging the giant trees. :sarcasm:The beauty of the trac fone is it used all cell carriers towers, so no matter where you go you will get a signal.
PROOF: I am in the giant Redwoods in CA and mine worked, noone else's worked. Everyone was amazed. I am not a cell phone junky, so the add minutes as I go works well. It is for out of town trips for me. In fact I am more anti cell phone. IN CA they give out big fines for those driving with hands on a cell phone, so GOOD DEAL!
GPS units offer hands free calling for cell phones, fyi.
PS BTW I was in the Redwoods when Swirt was, I would have probably bumped into him, but I do not know what he looks like! LOL!.
We have At & T and we can't get a "pay as you go" plan. We very seldom use the things..just have for safety sake and heck I have over 5,000 rollover minutes and lose at least 500 a month. I hate paying $85 a month for this as we don't use it. Is it called something special?? Maybe I can go to the AT & T store and switch??? I DOUBT IT!!! They will probably make us pay a penalty fee.:-(We use AT&T (former Cingular) as a plan, not pay-go. Has good coverage in most of the places we travel. Rollover minutes are a GREAT thing.
If you are going to use it around town, check with others in-town to see which one covers the best for your area. We tried Verizon for a while, but couldn't get good signal here at home so we went kept AT&T.
I was the guy hugging the giant trees. :sarcasm:The beauty of the trac fone is it used all cell carriers towers, so no matter where you go you will get a signal.
PROOF: I am in the giant Redwoods in CA and mine worked, noone else's worked. Everyone was amazed. I am not a cell phone junky, so the add minutes as I go works well. It is for out of town trips for me. In fact I am more anti cell phone. IN CA they give out big fines for those driving with hands on a cell phone, so GOOD DEAL!
GPS units offer hands free calling for cell phones, fyi.
PS BTW I was in the Redwoods when Swirt was, I would have probably bumped into him, but I do not know what he looks like! LOL!.
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Well I guess that sorts you out from all the rest aye. nawwwwswirt said:I was the guy hugging the giant trees. :sarcasm:
Our plan is 450 minutes a month plus nights and weekends and unlimited calls to each other. Our bill for two phones is $60 per month by the time you include all the various taxes and charges. I know you have to ask for smaller plans, if I remember right, the plan we got was not really advertised.We have At & T and we can't get a "pay as you go" plan. We very seldom use the things..just have for safety sake and heck I have over 5,000 rollover minutes and lose at least 500 a month. I hate paying $85 a month for this as we don't use it. Is it called something special?? Maybe I can go to the AT & T store and switch??? I DOUBT IT!!! They will probably make us pay a penalty fee.:-(We use AT&T (former Cingular) as a plan, not pay-go. Has good coverage in most of the places we travel. Rollover minutes are a GREAT thing.
If you are going to use it around town, check with others in-town to see which one covers the best for your area. We tried Verizon for a while, but couldn't get good signal here at home so we went kept AT&T.
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We have the lowest plan Verizon offers. We started off at $19.95 and it's been going up every year since with no added benefits.Our plan is 450 minutes a month plus nights and weekends and unlimited calls to each other. Our bill for two phones is $60 per month by the time you include all the various taxes and charges. I know you have to ask for smaller plans, if I remember right, the plan we got was not really advertised.We have At & T and we can't get a "pay as you go" plan. We very seldom use the things..just have for safety sake and heck I have over 5,000 rollover minutes and lose at least 500 a month. I hate paying $85 a month for this as we don't use it. Is it called something special?? Maybe I can go to the AT & T store and switch??? I DOUBT IT!!! They will probably make us pay a penalty fee.:-(We use AT&T (former Cingular) as a plan, not pay-go. Has good coverage in most of the places we travel. Rollover minutes are a GREAT thing.
If you are going to use it around town, check with others in-town to see which one covers the best for your area. We tried Verizon for a while, but couldn't get good signal here at home so we went kept AT&T.
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We wanted to go with Vonage also. No can do. Verizon (FairPoint) won't sell them our exchange. Too many long-time guests have the phone number in their books for me to change that horse in midstream.I have an AT&T Pay As You Go plan, and I use it for many of the reasons you want to use it, Bree. We have Vonage at home, so we use that, as it's only $15 a month and I get everything with it free. But when we travel, we need a way to make calls. I just have our home phone forward to our GoPhone (it's free with Vonage to forward calls), so that way, people aren't always calling our cell phone, they can just call our house.
I love my AT&T Plan. I travel for five days out of each month. I loaded it with $50 to start, and the minutes last for 90 days. There is one thing to note, however. With AT&T, you can choose a couple of options. One of them is a higher cost per minute, but there is no access fee. The other is a lower cost per minute that they deduct from the value, but you pay a $1.00 fee per day of use. In our case, the fee is worth it. If we use the phone, we pay $1.00 from it, but then after that, all the minutes are at the lower cost. So if you used it 10 minutes or more, the $1.00 saves you money.
I am in a fairly rural area and get coverage in most places. I've always had good customer service, as well..
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