Tapping the Hive Mind: No Phone, No Lights, No Motorcar

[athelind]

Icon to the contrary, Internet access is the one thing I do have at the moment.

My cellphone account has always been provided through quelonzia's employer. Due to our impending divorce, it has now been terminated

Comments

[drleo]

If the number has already been terminated, you may be SOL on that. One thing I remember from transferring my number is that it was important to keep the number alive. Then I contacted my new provider, and they had to contact the old provider to make the number port. If the number is already closed, it was gone. You can ask, but you may be boned on this.

Unlimited evening and weekend minutes seem hard to find. You end up going to unlimited minutes all the time if you want that.

T-Mobile has prepaid plans. $15/month gets you unlimited texting, but voice calls are 10 cents/minute all the time. Unlimited talk knocks that up to $50/month.

I was on Virgin Mobile in grad school. They use Sprint's network, so coverage should be fine. Looks like $25/month gets you unlimited text and data, with 300 anytime minutes. They were very easy to deal with, and for a basic phone, they were fine

[kymri]

Without speaking to phone specifics (I'd look at a couple of things -- GSM phones are good for travel but tend to rule out Sprint and Verizon, and son on

[siege]

I use Boost Mobile, but they don't do unlimited anything until you start up a monthly plan with them.

[wy]

T-Mobile Prepaid, $100 gets you 365 days worth of coverage.