Tapping the Hive Mind: No Phone, No Lights, No Motorcar

[athelind]

Icon to the contrary, Internet access is the one thing I do have at the moment.

My cellphone account has always been provided through quelonzia's employer. Due to our impending divorce, it has now been terminated.

Time to tap into the LiveJournal Hive Mind again:

I need to find an inexpensive, reliable provider with good coverage in the Silicon Valley/Bay Area. I'm going to be spending a lot of time out in the eastern hills in the near future, so good rural coverage is a plus.

I want to transfer my old cell phone number, preferably without any additional service charges.

I think I should go with a pay-as-you-go plan; I don't need to get locked into monthly obligations when my income is, at best, erratic.

Unlimited evening and weekend hours are a must.

Unlimited text messaging would be Very Useful Indeed; our last contract charged us something like ten cents a pop.

Thanks in advance for the feedback, gang.

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I should also note that my old email accounts will be terminated on Sunday. As a Permanent LiveJournal Account Holder, however, I can always be easily reached.

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Comments

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

Regarding coverage, look into the "roaming" charges. That's the term used for "I can't connect to my network and have to use someone else's tower". If you have free roaming, you don't need to worry about your basic carrier. Roaming is usually most important in rural areas, where it's only "worth" one provider putting up a tower and you never know who it will be.

I had a friend last summer that used a go-phone for a major trip around the country. If there was service of any sort, she could get a call in or out. I do not know if she used it for texting.

Beyond that, I have little knowledge.