Victor, Thanks so much for that info abut Boost... I too am looking for a minimum-use package, but I already have a cell phone. Would this work on any cell phone or do you have to buy their model/product? Cynthia Roderick Photographer On 6/12/07 9:50 AM, "Victor Danilchenko" <danilche at cs.umass.edu> wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Mitch Anthony wrote: >> ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. >> ** You too can help the group >> ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> My folks need a cell phone while traveling for a few months. Does anyone >> have experience in alternatives to annual plans? Pre-paid? Single >> month? Etc? > > I use Boost pre-paid. My reason for picking it was because I use the > cell phone very little, and Boost was the cheapest to keep running -- > you can buy time from them in $15 increments, and the minutes last for > 90 days (most other prepaids have the minutes last for only 1 or 2 > months); so Boost ends up costing only $5/month to keep the number going > at the basic level. > > You will pay $.20 per minute though; or you can get Boost Premium, > which is paid on a month-by-month basis (see > http://plans.boostmobile.com/ for details). Boost being from > Sprint/Nextel, they have very good nationwide coverage too. CCL Roderick www.croderick.com ². . .sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -----The Queen, Alice in Wonderland