>Tom, in DC "Economy 1" service costs $6.00 a month. No bells and >whistles and you pay 6 cents a call. Local calling only. With taxes and >surcharges that's no more than $12.00 a month.
Thanks Eric. My Mom is in New York and we have spent many hours talking to Verizon/MCI trying to get her a service plan that is appropriate to her needs. The best we could find was MCI's "Neighborhood Talk" plan for $25 plus $17 in "taxes and surcharges" for a total of $42 a month just to have a phone in the house for emergencies and us calling her. I could get her a pay-go cell phone for a lot less than that, but a cell phone takes too much care to maintain and is too tiny for an old lady to use. I also don't want to change her phone number at this late stage of life. Has anyone ever seen a large cell phone? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
