I have a cellphone, but I use it very infrequently -- maybe about 5 minutes a month. I bought a Virgin Mobile prepaid cellphone, but they require that I purchase $20 of time every 90 days to keep it active. So I have to spend nearly $7/mo when I use at most $2/mo.
Is there a cellphone plan closer to my needs?
Barry Margolin, snipped-for-privacy@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: One plan I use myself for a supplementary cell phone I have is Cingular Wireless (as they inherited it from AT&T 'Free to Go' (the old AT&T prepaid plan). They let you purchase a hundred dollars worth of prepaid time and it never runs out, or maybe runs out after a year. For less than $100 the purchase increments run out every 90 days just as with your existing service. Another reasonable plan is Alltel, which I do not think has any expiry time on its prepaid minutes, although it is bit more expensive per call. PAT]