vaskidmark remarked in one of the threads,
"I'm going to get a couple of burner phones..."
Pardon my ignorance, but how do those work? I think you just buy 'em for a period or number of minutes, and then chuck 'em, right?
I'm having trouble organizing my questions.
Here's the problem. I'm on Consumer Cellular from AARP which costs me about $12 a month. That's OK, but their per-minute rate is pretty high, and it costs $12 once a month every month.
I got it for emergencies only, and never have it on, although it's with me all the time when I'm out and about. I think I've used it for outgoing calls three times in the last three years. I paid something like $60 up-front for the phone itself.
I'm looking for the same kind of useage --no incoming calls, very rare outgoing ones, and I'd just like to keep it handy for emergencies for a couple of years. (It would be nice to be able to have it on while I'm on the road so my sons can call me while I'm on my way to meet them, but that's not critical.)
Of course I've noticed prepaid phones at the supermarket, but never paid much attention to them.
I guess there are also these "burner phones."
So what's the difference and which would be best for my usage. And how do you get a "burner phone" in the first place?
Also, can I latch onto one of those programs with my present $60 Motorola cell phone?
Help this olde cheapskate pharte out, here, please?
Terry, 230RN