Pre-paid cell phones

[dancerjodi]

I much prefer talking in person to on the phone. I do have a cell phone for auto emergencies or for the quick "hey, I'm going to be late" or "what time do you want to meet up" kind of calls. My Cingular contract is up next August, so I'm considering moving over to some kind of prepaid plan at that time to save money (even the lowest Cingular plan is costing me $40 a month to have a phone I rarely use).

Have any of you had good or bad experience with a prepaid phone plan? It seems that AT&T/Cingular wireless offers one with a $1 per day charge for using it and then charges $.10 a minute. There are perhaps better deals out there, but moving from a Cingular plan to a Cingular plan would perhaps be the most seamless. Given that I may use the phone only a couple of times a month I'd save a lot over a year by taking away that $40 monthly charge. I'm definitely not ready to get rid of my landline (currently we can't anyway, since its a part of our Verizon FIOS package) and given how rarely I use my cell, I think this would be a better way to save some money.

Comments

[angelsong.livejournal.com]

Hello there! Just noticed that I'm back on your friends list after all this time? Nice to see you, though kind of surprised to be re-added out of the blue. ;-) hope you and Brian are doing well! Eric and are still out here in Seattle.

malaika

Hi!

[dancer.livejournal.com]

Yes, at one point I took off folks that I didn't end up seeing in real life, and recently went back to add people on that I had missed. I hope you don't mind! :)

Re: Hi!

[angelsong.livejournal.com]

Of course I don't mind! I gotta warn you that I rarely update anymore, though I do read everyday. :-)

Glad to be back!