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I once had the same problem, then I learned that some of the newer price
packages out there are actually cheaper than the ones sold with the old
equipment.  Do some serious price shopping (and don't forget to read the
fine print on the brochures).  Could be you could find yourself going
right back to the same supplier and getting a new modern phone with
twice the amount of minutes and a service area 3 times larger for $20
cheaper than the last price package.  Not buying frivolities like
internet messaging, emails, and special ring tones will help keep the
price down.


Beartooth wrote:

>         My wife and I finally got cell phones a few years
> ago, chiefly as an aid in potential emergencies.
>
>         We don't actually eschew the occasional convenience,
> but we normally keep them turned off. Jo may call home for a
> ride from Metro when the train is running late and apt to
> miss the bus; the passenger (not the driver!) may call ahead
> to next destination on a trip to check in with ETA and/or
> offer errands on the way; etc. We certainly don't use them
> for any business purpose, nor even as a habit; we seldom
> even carry them except while travelling or commuting.
>
>         In fact, the batteries usually run down and have to
> be recharged between times the phones are turned on.
>
>         Nevertheless, the equipment is beginning to seem
> antiquated, bulky, and heavy. (I don't think I own a shirt
> with a pocket that would hold one of our phones comfortably
> -- nor more than a very few with any pocket that will hold
> one at all.)
>
>         But, I'm told, the Maxi-Telco Lobby has owned its
> congresscritters for so long that there's an actual law
> against simply going out, buying new hardware, and replacing
> your old with it. You have to get the replacement as part of
> an upgrade -- including "upgraded"  service, at of course a
> new rate -- or by opening a new account entirely.
>
>         That law ought to be struck down and the authors of
> it sentenced to durance vile for life, imnsho; but I'm too
> old to pursue it.
>
>         Such being the case, is there a deal that provides
> reasonably small, light equipment to rock-bottom minimal
> users (who do, however, call at times from way out of this
> area to somewhere else also way out)?
>
> --
> RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger
> karhunhammas (at) lserv.com
> Delenda est MegaSleaze!