We go through iWireless, which does pay-as-you-go cell plans, and they sell their phones at Kroger stores - or, in our case Smith's.
It's not as good a deal as it should be because you have to refill your time every three months, even if you don't use your time. The bill for our cell phone use last year was just shy of $300 for two phones. That feels like a ripoff for cell phone use. We only use ours a couple of times a month, but still, it's better than an iPhone plan.
Our phones are not particularly smart. They're flip phones that aren't even offered by the company anymore. Because my daughter lost my wife's at a track meet, I've ordered two of their Sanyo Taho phones. They're not here yet.
I'm tempted by Republic Wireless's deal. They offer a middle-of-the-road Android smart phone for around $250, but then they charge $19 a month for unlimited text, talk, and data. They try to keep their costs down by making the calls over wireless internet when it's available.
But honestly, we have iPod Touches for smart phone type stuff. And I don't even use that very often. And I use the cell phone even less. But if I spontaneously felt like jumping on the smart phone bandwagon some day, I would probably go with Republic Wireless. It's hard to beat $19 a month in that arena.
Edited to add: Just in case anyone wants to look into what I'm talking about, iWireless's website is here: http://iwirelesshome.com and Republic Wireless is here: http://www.republicwireless.com
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The tech classes I usually take are much more boring and big biz than that though, and much more targeted, but it's not actually helping me much either (I miss working for small companies and start ups but it's not the year 2000 anymore either). And the cell phone I have is dumb as bricks and so therefore cheaper than that (like $10 a month).
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