>>>> As has been mentioned here already, consumer contracts are inherently unfair. Unfortunately, though, it takes someone suing to resolve some of these unfair contracts. My question is - which carriers allow you to join without signing a contract, or at least a contract that doesn't require you to stay a customer for a year or two without a $200+ termination fee. I've heard of pay-as-you-go, but do the rates compare and can you do data through such plans?
Levi <<< For the record, our carrier, Consumer Cellular (www.consumercellular.com) requires no contract. We can cancel at any time with no penalties. The monthly fee is $10 per phone per month which includes caller ID, voicemail, call forwarding and call waiting. However, calls cost $.25 per minute -- no "free" minutes. And there is no data capability (no internet). This is fine for us. We're both retired and use the phones only for emergencies and the occasional call home to say we'll be late. We don't even leave the phones on. We probably make less than one call per month. In actual fact, Consumer Cellular contracts with Cingular (AT&T now, I suppose) for the network time. Works for us -- and significantly less than the $15 per phone we used to pay CellularOne/USCellular. Stratton
