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[Tim Oppenheim <timopp AT gmail.com>]

Don,

The cheap ones at Wal-Mart are fine. You need to make sure that the carrier 
you buy your minutes from has services in the area you will be using it. As 
an example, locally, I can buy a Virgin ( Richard Branson's )phone and 
minutes, and while it may work it just not going to make anyone happy. 

The next little worry is the minutes on the phone expire so it become a pain 
to keep them topped off. Finally, any phone is able to access 911 whether it 
has service or not. So if you just need one for that, letting the minutes 
expire is okay.

Tim



On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Don Bowen wrote:

> To get a discussion going I thought I would repeat a question I asked on 
> another list.
> 
> My brother lives on the island of Saipan.  He is coming to the US on a 
> business trip this week and wants to get a pay as you go phone.  Due to 
> politics and greed his phone from there will not work here.
> 
> We were thinking that if he buys one we will then give it to our mother 
> and buy her some minutes.  She is 91 and gets around well but is worried 
> about being out and away from a phone if something happens. 
> 
> I am looking for experiences with such phones and plans.
> 
> -- 
> Don Bowen           KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
> 
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