Like for instance you pay AT&T 100 usd, the credit is good for 1 year under the go phone plan and pay by the minute. .20 cents a minute. for talking.
Don't use the phone for data unless you are connected to free wifi and you wont be charged for data coverage
Many places with free wi fi now.
I'm on that deal and even my relatively mean 90day 450mins gives me - I think - 15cents. Still seems to go too quickly. I think the one year gives 12 cents.
There is no contract, and I can change back to my $30 / 1500mins any time I need to.
I've been spoiled for some years, having been gifted use of a family plan with no limits. Having to find my own deal was a bit of a shock. Fine in the UK, but as said above, a rip-off in the US. I thought the 450 mins in 3 months would be worth changing to, but one call
from the son that is out of town cost a fortune to receive.
(local family on land-line, but even that is tricky. Darn 50 'free' calls per month limit I hadn't known about for 8 years! Over that, I was paying per call. They getcha every which-way.)
Earl also said:
Don't use the phone for data unless you are connected to free wifi and you wont be charged for data coverage
How can I be sure I'm not linking up with some darn thing I don't know about? Wi-fi is off. But the 3g arrows seem busy so much of the time. An attempt to downgrade to 2g was disastrous, with, as said a while back, the guy finally telling me my phone was dead and I needed to get a new one! Motorola reset from zero, and it was okay, but what a time-consuming mess.
Would going to 2g be of benefit to people that just what to phone with their phones? My Ciqu XT with Android is such a waste of my tiring old brain.
As also said, in the UK, T-Mob switched off all my toys and the result was stunning. Even the battery lasted a week instead of a day. Now, a clue is the battery is lasting about 2 days at best. Something is going on in the background.