The regular phone service here costs about 76 bucks a month. Not bad when you have unlimited long distance and a few bells and whistles such as call waiting and caller id. R is wanting a phone he can carry with him though. So a cell phone. I have had a Motorola V170 Prepaid Phone (Tracfone) for a couple of years now and I really like it. It comes with all the bells and whistles and you can take several months to buy a new card if you want. And the minutes you have left roll over to the next month. I got it for emergency use and I hardly ever use it. So it doesn't cost much at all. I was doing some checking and found an even cheaper one Motorola C155 Prepaid Phone (Tracfone) that I might get for Rs son to use. It may be awhile before he gets another phone. And they will want something.