Tracfone is good for basic telephone (cell) service, and it is pay-as-you-go, except for the service fee.
I make/get few calls, so $300/year for a landline was expensive. With Tracfone, my monthly cost averages about $6.00.
I purchase a 3-month service and 60 minute card for $20 at the Tracfone website. It then gives me the option of purchasing a year of service for about $50. Thus, for about $75 (with tax) I get 15 months of service and 60 minutes. Minutes do not expire. When I first signed up I purchased the 1 year of service and 600 minutes for $100. I still have left over minutes from that.
Note that the Walmart Straight-talk mentioned in many posts is a product of Tracfone, IIRC. Also NET10 is a Tracfone company, too.
HSN has periodic deals which include a 1-year/1400 min. card along with a new(what they call)"smartphone"(features are very limited so it's not really a full smartphone).
Here was their weekend offer(which appears to still be available)for $79.95.
Also, if you are a first time HSN customer you can sign up on their website to get an additional $20 off(coupon code 135235)....so $59.99 for the(triple minutes for life)phone and a 1-year/1400 min. card...and no contracts to deal with.
Maybe not the best deal out there(pay-as-you-go)...but not bad for mobile phone service.
You can keep your old phone number, minutes can be transferred from old to new phone(if you want to upgrade later on), service area(3G)is better than t-Mobile(2G...at least in my area)as Tracfone uses multiple carriers.
The original Magic Jack went thru the computer.
I got one called NetTalk, which goes thru only the router. Mine is network line, but they now have a wireless one. About $30 per hear, unlimited domestic calling.
We have cell phones but wanted to keep our landline, and same number. NetTalk helped transfer (”port”) the old number to the internet phone device.
Hey, thanks for posting this. We’re paying $40/month through our internet provider for phone service. I wanted to look into Magic Jack but never got around to it. This lit the fire.
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