Re: Temporary cell phone?

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Thu Jul 06 2006 - 21:46:28 EDT


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On 7/5/2006 12:27, Jason Bleazard wrote:
> Does anyone know if I can get a temporary local Colorado number for the week
> that we'll be there? Can I rent a phone, or get a different SIM card to put
> in my phone, or what? Forgive my ignorance, cell phone billing is a huge
> mystery to me. Obviously I don't want to sign up on a contract or outright
> purchase a pre-paid phone just to use for a week. I've already got the phone,
> what would be ideal would be if I can sign up for a local number and assign it
> to the phone I already have, but I don't know if there's any way to do that.
> Or am I better off to just eat the roaming charges? I'm not planning on
> yakking on the thing constantly, but I'm guessing I'll probably use between
> 30-60 minutes.

Jason, check out Tracfone (http://www.tracfone.com/home_page.jsp).
They're showing (for me anyway) a deal where you get 60 minutes of
airtime and a "free" reconditioned Nokia 1100 for $20.

They have other deals as well. As long as the phone works for 2 weeks,
who cares how low-end it is, right?

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