[quote name='mrchainsaw']After reading up a little on prepaid plans, it seems like I'd spend almost as much if I were to use the phone everyday because of their service charges.
Man, everything seems so expensive these days and it also seems like I need more junk than ever. I should get rid of everything and live Thoreau style.:lol:[/quote]
If you go with AT&T and get the 25¢ per minute plan, there are no service charges. They have phones for $20 at walmart that come with $10 of airtime that expires in 30 days. If you refill with $100, it's good for 365 days, $75/$50/$25 is good for 90 days and $15 is good for 30 days. Text messages run 15¢ each. Personally I picked up a refurb'd Nokia 6085 that has a mp3 player, camera, and bluetooth for $50 off of their website.
I just saw they have a nokia 2610 refurb for $10 with free 2 day shipping on the website, you can't get much cheaper than that for prepaid.