My wife has a $15/month that isn’t used much - who do you use for your $9/month?
I have one from work or else I wouldn’t have one.
Cingular https://www.paygonline.com/
Buy $100.00 at a time and the 1000 minutes are good for a year.
Plus tax = $107.50 / 12 = $8.95 per month
The problem with my wife’s phone is that she has about $300.00 in minutes that have built up as she uses her phone less than I do. I might gift her phone to a nephew that is away at college.
I like to tell people that we both have “stupid” phones.