Omelet wrote:
> In article >, sf wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:18:55 -0400, George >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If its GSM you would use the activated SIM from your current phone, if
>>> it is CDMA you would change the ESN on the carriers website.
>>>
>> I only know what a sim is (my phone doesn't have one).... all the rest
>> is greek to me.
>>
>>> 911 is a separate thing. Every cellphone is charged a fee to allow 911
>>> calling on an unactivated phone.
>> She's using the other one just for 911? I thought she talks on it
>> too.
>
> I have two cells.
> One with tracfone service, the other is not activated, just charged.
>
> I can call 911 on the inactive phone, but nothing else.
>
> And there is NO monthly fee on a tracfone! It's all pre-paid and you can
> control the costs based on how much you use the phone's air time.

On a prepay it is prorated as a part of the per minute charge. On post
pay there is an extra monthly fee.

>
> After it's activated etc. and you pay for the initiation (which is not
> expensive) they end up running you around 10 cents per minute nation
> wide.