[raccoonradio]

Mine cost $15 and the only requirement is topping up $20 every 90 days (Virgin Mobile Paylo by LG)--I use a simple plan rather than one that gives me a lot of time to talk and text. Because I don't often talk and have only sent a few texts. (I also have a landline phone)

It can come in handy if my car breaks down, call AAA. Can check email on it (deduct 15 cents for each) etc. But I'm not chained to it and I can survive without it, say, if I go off to work and forgot the phone at home. (Just hope I don't break down.) No camera. Pretty much used to make occasional phone calls.

(My LG Virgin Mobile dumbphone):

[raccoonradio]

(...I use a netbook with wifi when I travel, not the phone to surf web)