...Ok, here is the story. Ever since my mother switch over to night shift, my father wants to get the whole family each a cell phone for use for emergency because the two of them won't be home no later than 12 'o clock. I personally think having a cell phone only for use in a "emergency" and nothing else is a waste of money. No one in my family (except my sister but she is married) are big on using phones (I NEVER use the phone. It is EXTREMELY rare that I do.) so what is the point of paying like 30 bucks or more a month for something we won't ever use?

Anyway, that gripe aside, I've been ordered to look around for a good cell phone plan that would be cheap. Maybe something with not a lot of minutes per month. It has to be pretty cheap and available in the Riverside, CA area (zip is 92504) so if you guys know of any good deals, let me know.

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I don't think there are many plans that go for less than $20 a month, but you might look at a family plan that lets you pick and plan, add extra phones to the plan for $10 while sharing minutes. All the major providers have those.

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You might also want to look into prepaid, that can be really cheap, and you can pick how many minutes you use.

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If you're hardly ever going to use it, get a pre-paid. Pre-paid credit usually lasts for several years.

The only thing about pre-paid is you're looking at an initial outlay of a bit for buying the phones outright and then buying credit for each phone, but as long as you dont buy anything too snazzy it shouldnt be too big of an outlay.

The other good thing about pre-paid is if one of you is using too much credit they can easily switch over to a plan, where as if you're on a plan which you never use, you're pretty much stuck with it. Yeah, go pre-paid

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[This message has been edited by Spork (edited June 26, 2004).]

Pay-as-you-go, if they offer it. I know they do here, and it's a hell of a lot better than contract phones. Plus, you only use the money you put on it, say, £10 over here, and you pay for calls using that.

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Look into a Virgin phone, they have prepaid minute plans. Essentially, you pay for x amount of minutes once, and then you use the phone until your minutes are up, and then you buy more.

That would be the best plan for you, it seems.

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I pay zero (0) per month plus calls, SMS and MMS messages (none of which are overly expensive).

This is one of the good things about it being illegal in Finland for operators to bundle a locked phone (a mobile phone on which you can only use their SIM card) with their subscription.

[Edit] And this is a normal (as opposed to prepaid) plan, by the way. [/edit]

[This message has been edited by Krokodile (edited June 27, 2004).]

yeah, probably prepaid is the way to go if you're just wanting something for emergencies... Then you don't have to pay anything per month, just get about 20 minutes per phone and recharge them if necessary... (or whatever... Not sure how it works, but that's probably the best idea).

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yeah, what they said. get a verizon pre-paid though, they seem to have the best coverage.

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