Google Voice is a pretty good option.You can set it up to forward your calls to wherever you are (according to time and day of the week) and long distance is free. It also sends and receives texts.<div><br></div><div> Depending on your income you could get Lifeline (a landline) for $5 a month and then use Google Voice for long distance. That might save you $95 dollars a month vs. some kind of world-obliterating smart phone made from Tantalum mined in the Congo, "recycled" in burning fires by kids in Asia. It also cures your future brain cancer, loss of sperm, your social A.D.D., and those phantom cell phone vibrations in your leg.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that helps,</div><div><br></div><div>Mario<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Owen Pietrokowsky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:opietro@yahoo.com">opietro@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">I'm looking for a low-cost alternative to a standard<br>
cell phone plan. I understand that if I use a special setup program on the NB server together with a low-cost provider, I can accomplish this goal. I spoke to someone at NB a few months back about this combination, but I've forgotten the details. Can anyone provide me with more info? Thank you.<br>
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