I have a pay as you go phone. Whatever was cheapest at Best Buy.
very expensive on a per minute basis, 10 or 20 cents, but I only use a few minutes a month. It costs about $20 for three months.
Since I am looking for work I have to have one, and they do come in helpful on rare occasion.
I have a prepaid Tracfone. Good service, good rates, no bills.
I don’t make many calls, so I can get about 15 months of service for $77.00 [about $5/month]. When I had the land line it was costing $25/month.
[Just be sure to opt out of Tracfone’s ‘offers’ programs. When I first tried them, I was getting 2 emails, 2 land line calls, and 2 cellphone messages twice per week. I complained and complained. They finally got the message and started the opt-out. I have been completely happy with them since — been a customer over 3 years.]