On May 11, 2010, at 4:22 AM, David Duffy (AVD) wrote:

>> Could you not use a pay as you go SIM in the phone at the point  
>> that needs
>> to send an SMS?
>>
> Pay as you go is $15 per month before any call / SMS costs.

In the US (which is irrelevant), it's usually about $10/Month for the  
first nominal amount of minutes, and the $10 goes away after a given  
time or after you use the minutes/sms credits, whichever happens  
first.  So a completely idle phone still eats money.  There's usually  
a "large number of minutes, good for 1 year" upgrade you can buy, but  
that tends to work out cheaper per minute rather than cheaper per  
month.  The cheapest I've found here is a plan (tracfone) that lets  
you buy 60minutes/90days at a time for about $20.

BillW

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