Best wireless plans .... ?

[coolVariable]

I just got an old wireless phone from a friend of mine and now I'm looking around for a plan ...
I will only be using the phone very rarely or in emergencies (for that a prepaid card would be great ...)
but because I also want it so I'm always reachable by phone I don't want to pay anything or only very little for incoming calls.
And I will mostly be using it in my imediate local area ...

Do you have any suggestions for a good plan / prepaid card?

 

[FoBoT]

check out point.com

 

[Gunbuster]

<<old wireless phone >>

you do know most US mobiles are locked to the carrier/provider they were sold with

 

[coolVariable]

Luckily this one is not ...
(maybe because it's one of these motorola tri-band ones that can be used in europe with a local provider too ... ?)

 

[murphy55d]

Verizon has pre-paid ones, or you could get a TracPhone from any number of places.

 

[coolVariable]

Yeah I think I will get a prepaid one.
Although I really think it SUCKS BIG time that you have to pay for incoming calls ( at least as far as I understood it - I never had a cellphone before).

What about call forwarding? Do you also pay for incoming calls that are forwarded to your normal phone? (per minute?)