We use the T-Mobile To Go (pre-paid) phone. We spend $100 for 1000 minutes which are good for one year, but they roll-over whenever you buy new minutes, so in effect, they never expire. We, talk about 50 minutes a month. So now our cell phone cost is $5/month or $60 year. We're in S. California and haven't had any problems getting a signal. You can find more info at http://www.t-mobile.com/
Hey-- that sounds pretty good-- I'll look into it. Maybe we can keep our old phones and phone numbers???