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We looked into prepaid for my daughter and found that Cingular had the best plan for pay as you go. You buy the phone and pay for minutes as you need them. I think they were 10 cents a minute if you pay outright, but if you use a credit card they are cheaper. There is no monthly charge, but it does cost a dollar a day for the days you use the phone. You also get free minutes on weekends and free mobile to mobile minutes to other Cingular customers. Hope this helps. Also the minutes don't expire like the prepaid plans. On the ones I checked if you don't keep buying more minutes at least every month the ones you have already bought and not used will expire. I think that is a rip off! So check Cingulair, they also have specials on this sometimes and you might get an even better deal!

So, for example, if you use it only for emergencies and only 15 days a month it will only cost you $15 and whatever amount of minutes you used, but you have it available if needed all month.