About a year and a half ago, my wife and I both got Droid Turbo 2 phones - unlocked versions. (GSM, not CDMA) I got a couple of Lycamobile sim cards, then activated the phones. I put $50 on each, and after 18 months, we still have more than half the
$ on there. That comes out to about $1.40 a month. Actually, it is less than $1 a month, because we used a LOT in the past week, since being hit by the EF4 tornado that ravaged our neighborhood and hit our house.
Anyway, I have verified that the Lycamobile website no longer has a way to load $ onto the pay as you go accounts, and also specifically says that pay as you go is being discontinued. It wants to switch us over to a monthly fee of $20, $30 or more.
Since we truly use these as emergency phones to call for a tow if our car dies or goes off the road, there is no way that I can justify paying that much a month just for POSSIBLY making a call or two. The vast majority of the time my phone is in the glove compartment, just in case.
Can anyone recommend a similar pay as you go GSM plan that would work on our unlocked phones, which allows a person to put money down and pay something like 5c a minute for use, without a monthly fee? I want to put something like a $50 or $60 balance on there and forget it for a year or two, but know I can depend on it if I need it.
99.999999% of our calling is done on our landline at home over Google Voice and an Obihai adapter, so the cell phone is 'just in case'.
Thanks for any suggestions!
$ on there. That comes out to about $1.40 a month. Actually, it is less than $1 a month, because we used a LOT in the past week, since being hit by the EF4 tornado that ravaged our neighborhood and hit our house.
Anyway, I have verified that the Lycamobile website no longer has a way to load $ onto the pay as you go accounts, and also specifically says that pay as you go is being discontinued. It wants to switch us over to a monthly fee of $20, $30 or more.
Since we truly use these as emergency phones to call for a tow if our car dies or goes off the road, there is no way that I can justify paying that much a month just for POSSIBLY making a call or two. The vast majority of the time my phone is in the glove compartment, just in case.
Can anyone recommend a similar pay as you go GSM plan that would work on our unlocked phones, which allows a person to put money down and pay something like 5c a minute for use, without a monthly fee? I want to put something like a $50 or $60 balance on there and forget it for a year or two, but know I can depend on it if I need it.
99.999999% of our calling is done on our landline at home over Google Voice and an Obihai adapter, so the cell phone is 'just in case'.
Thanks for any suggestions!
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