altivo

Well, I'm going to get a cell phone. No, not for me, for my mate. I've been concerned for a while that he does a lot of driving and frankly, pay phones are getting to be as rare as dodo eggs. If he had a problem and was stranded, he'd have to beg for someone to make a call for him. I don't like that idea much, and even less the idea of him stranded beside one of our country roads here with no one in sight.

So I've been looking at low cost, limited calling plans, or pay-as-you-go plans. He doesn't think he would use it much as just a phone, and I don't either. The three I've compared are Tracfone, Consumer Cellular, and Virgin Mobile. It looks to me as if, of those three at least, Virgin Mobile is by far the most flexible in terms of available plans and the ability to switch between plans. None of them require a contract, just a monthly agreement or prepaid call pack.

So, knowing that many of my friends have a lot of experience with cell phones, does anyone have anything bad to say about Virgin Mobile? Or does anyone have another company I should consider before going with Virgin? Oh, coverage of Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin is essential. All three that I looked at have the same coverage map, and I think are using Cingular's network.