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Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on January 19, 2010 at 5:11pm

Get rid of your cell phone entirely and look up from your palm and see the world untethered by an adult pacifer. I got rid of mine two years ago after ten years and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

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Permalink Reply by Vondo on January 19, 2010 at 6:51pm

Cool thanks H3, Page Plus seems to be right up my alley. I have to call them up tomorrow and ask all my questions before I decide. Ten bucks every three months to keep it active and 11 bucks a month for 2,000 texts is almost too good to be true.

Thanks again, I never even heard of them before!

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 20, 2010 at 4:59am

chixieonfixie's suggestion is the best! but I lack the strength to pull that off. I do rarely pick up though if that counts for anything.

I'm using Boost and I've had no problems with it*. 10 cents a minute and 10 cents per txt. I've never had a problem with coverage, but I have not traveled since I got it. It is owned by Sprint so it uses the Sprint network.

I recently switched from Virgin Mobile after they raised their rate to 25 cents a min for the first ten minutes a day. I rarely exceeded ten minutes a day.

I'm averaging less than $10 a month.

If I had known about Page Plus before I switched to Boost I probably would have went that route. wah

*it is HUGELY annoying that the phones are locked down, but I think that is case with any of the pre-paid phones.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on January 20, 2010 at 5:00am

chixieonfixie said:

Get rid of your cell phone entirely and look up from your palm and see the world untethered by an adult pacifer. I got rid of mine two years ago after ten years and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Do you have a land line?

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Permalink Reply by Pablo on January 20, 2010 at 5:23am

I use T-Mobile's prepaid. $30 cheap nokia phone + $100 phone cards (purchased online at callingmart.com for $96). You get 1000 minutes that do not expire for a year (9.6 cents a minute). I buy another card every 3 months or so. I also dropped my phone out of my pocket awhile back and it was nice to just go buy another prepaid phone for $30 and have my credits and number transfered over within minutes. Coverage is good, I have never had a problem. I transfered my number and service awhile back because I got sick of seeing a $29.99 a month plan cost me $44. Text messages are 10 cents I think. It is a great option for me. I do not have a land line, but I use skype for my international calls.

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Permalink Reply by Joe J on January 20, 2010 at 7:14am

texting was about 3cents a message. Phone calls were about 10 cents a minute. I got rid of it when started using cell phone more. If you dont use phone often it is cheaper however.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on January 20, 2010 at 9:26am

I use the T-mobile plan. I think my level of phone usages is about the same as you described. I bought one $100 prepaid card in September, and i'm still using it now (45 minutes left). I think i was paying at least $50/month; now that has been cut roughly in half.

The only caveat is that you must be careful about over using texting. That can add up the charges quickly.

You may look into a unlimited call, text, net package. I think there's a few out there for around $60.

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Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on January 20, 2010 at 5:13pm

Yes. Are you getting fresh with me?

Tony Adams said:

chixieonfixie said:

Get rid of your cell phone entirely and look up from your palm and see the world untethered by an adult pacifer. I got rid of mine two years ago after ten years and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Do you have a land line?

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