[tamrahennatx]

I'm on a Cingular (AT&T) pre-paid plan. I have an inexpensive Nokia phone, as all I do is talk and text. My plan gives me 1000 anytime minutes, free nights and weekends, free calls to any other phone in their network, and my minutes roll over from month to month. They draft 69.99/month for the phone service and an extra 19.99/mo for unlimited text messaging straight from my checking account, and I've never been hit up with excessive charges. Phone service is pretty good, except in my neighborhood, but I think we must live in a cell service hole, because I see other people outside on their cell phones too.

Unlike a contract, I didn't need to make a deposit for my prepaid service, although I did not get a free phone (hence the basic model Nokia).