I have a prepaid Verizon phone and I pay them $30 a month to maintain the service. But like elnut said I don't pay unless I use it that day. If I make a call or get a call it cost me $1.00 to activate the phone for that day. But if the call is from another Verizon customer the call itself is free with unlimited minutes for that day.
If I pay another $30 before 30 days elapsed the unused minutes roll over for the next three months.
So basically it's costing me only $10/month to have this phone. I only use it for infrequent calls and for any emergency.
If I make a call to someone not on a Verizon then it's 10 cents a minute for the call itself.
I can send/receive text message for 25 cents a message and also send or receive photos for 25 cents each.
I could not find anything cheaper than this Verizon.
My friend at Patoka Lake was using AT&T and while we were on the lake I could get service at times when he could NOT.
I have not been to KY lake since I bought this phone so I can't help you with that.
My friend used to call me using his work phone which was also an AT&T phone. We would talk as he was driving to and from job sites. When ever he went though hills or near power lines in Western KY or Southern IN the call would be dropped on his end. He would call my home phone using his cell phone so I know it was not my AT&T land mine phone dropping the calls. It was definitely his cell phone. But if he was not moving around in the vehicle the calls worked pretty good.
Hope this helps. A lot depends on how close your phone is to one of your systems cell phone towers.
Originally Posted by elnutsmalljaws
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