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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
My problem with devices that require a data plan is that they always want you to have a huge voice plan (e.g. 500 minutes). I pay $15/month for my cell phone, because that is the cheapest I could find. The minutes roll over if you renew in time. I have about $300 worth of credit on that phone. I only talk about 3-4 minutes a week, if that much. I don't want to pay $35 or more for the voice part of combined voice/data plans.
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I have a similar problem except I can't get a phone plan as cheap as yours. I have stayed with AT&T because of the rollover feature. I have been out of contract now for 4 years. We are still using the Motorola Razr phones we got 6 or 7 years ago. I've been reluctant to upgrade the phones because it would mean a new contract and higher cost. The reality is that combined, my wife and I use the cell phones for about 10 minutes a month; on rare occasion we actually come close to 20 minutes. We rarely turn on the cell phones and the biggest use is when we go to the shopping mall and she goes one way and I go another -- we use the phones to arrange to meet.
I have, however, been thinking about porting 2 of our 3 landline numbers to new cell phones and dropping the landlines. I am getting more interested with the forthcoming release of the new Samsung phones. But the reality is we still wouldn't use many minutes each month and wouldn't use much data plan time either. We work out of our home and our computers give us Internet access. Sometimes I hate having to make a decision!
