Are you talking about the Jitterbug cell phone? Someone in an another group I frequent had an awful time getting one of those to work.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Jeff Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, what's that one advertised all the time? It has big buttons and > is only a cell phone without all the gimmicks like camera and web access, > etc. And they advertise it has plans as low as $9.95/mo. It's called the > skipper, or some stupid name like that. I'll have to wait for the commercial > again to give you the exact name. > > Jeff M > > > > > On Apr 15, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: > > > > > > > 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? >\ -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
