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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife
... Verizon Wireless is "it" for the area, I'm afraid.
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I think Argie's wife is spot-on. Unfortunately, Verizon realizes they essentially have a monopoly here, and the pricing/calling plans they offer in this area reflect that. The per-minute cost of their least expensive plan is especially high for low-volume callers. Their pre-paid plan offered no savings to folks like us (we make 1 or 2 short calls every day) because of the $1 per-day fee for each day you use the service.
Fortunately, we finally found a way to get decent, reasonably priced cell phone service. As soon as our Verizon contract expired, we went online and bought a couple of pre-paid LG TracFones. We figured, what the heck, they're cheap, we might as well give it a try. Turns out they run on the Verizon network, and they work great! You can buy additional minutes at WalMart, online or directly from your phone. We'll save at least $600 on our cell phone bills this year, with no discernable difference in service. We don't do any texting, so I can't vouch for how TracFone works for that. And they don't offer a lot of choice for phones. However, if you're just looking for decent calling service at a reasonable price, they're certainly worth trying.