---- neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > At risk of the list police cracking down, I'll mention that I use T-Mobile for prepaid cell phone service. I paid $100 initially, four years ago, for each of two phones. I have paid $10 a year per phone since, and have never even come close to running out of minutes. The $100 bucks bought 1000 minutes. I still have around 500 minutes on one phone, and around 750 on the other. > > > While reading Ed's story, it occurred to me that as a last resort, > even if one had a "dead" cell phone in their Vanagon, it might help. > > Pretend to "dial" 911 and "talk" ? So long as the phone has a battery, whether the phone is activated or not, it will call 911.
>
> The "pay as you go" option is great for an emergency phone. Especially
> if provider lets you keep minutes for the entire year w/o having to
> top up or even use the phone. As per Daves suggestion, I'd suggest
> finding a provider that offers minute cards at 7-11 and the like.
>
>
> Neil.
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> Neil n
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David McNeely
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