Cheap emergency Cell phone service for us cheap AMC drivers...

[Gremlingts@xxxx]

 Being a rather conservative gentleman who would rather not throw money 
away unnecessarily, I have found while surfing the 'Net a possible perfect 
solution to my quandry. While searching for cheap cellular emergency service 
for when my Pacer or Gremlin breaks down ( God forbid! ), I found this 
website :

http://www.emergencycellphones.com/cellphones.html

Here's the neat part : they can REPROGRAM many different types of analog 
and digital cell phones to reach a cell operator in an emergency. And, the 
FCC has mandated that ALL Cell service providers put thru ANY 911 calls, no 
matter if the phone has a contract or not. So, you wondered what happened to 
all of those "old" cell phones that people have when they switch services? 
Well, this new service can reprogram them to dial several different cell 
operators to connect you. You only pay them if they can reprogram a phone you 
have to work in your area( they list alot of CP's on their website, I have in 
my hand my fiancee's old Nokia 5120 which they list ), so you can keep a cell 
phone in your AMC for $30 plus the battery and charger costs, or adapter for 
the car, and only use it if your prized possession breaks down. I intend to 
check out this service, if it seems to be on the up-and-up, I will get it. I 
just refuse to purchase a plan for $200-300 a year when I only want it for 
emergency use. And, they say even unused old cell phones may still work 
locally with 911, even if they're not on any current service contract plan, 
so you can dig out that old phone and get some use out of it again. Just need 
an adapter to run it off your car's electrical system. I'm not affiliated 
with these people in any way, I just wanted a cheap, reliable emergency 
system for me when I'm on the road. And these folks agree, it should'nt cost 
that much for emergency use! If anyone else has used this service, I'd like 
to hear about it. Other features include using the phone with a phone card or 
credit card, so you can use it even for non-emergencies but at a higher 
pay-as-you-go rate. I can't see any down side to this, if anyone else can, 
let me know! I just know that this may be the answer to my stingy desire to 
not pay for services I don't use. Plus I'm broke, my house roof blew off 
partially recently (Insurance deductible precludes it being paid by State 
Farm, so I got to foot the bill ), so I have no extra money for unnecessary 
services. And I have seven Gremlin children who need some new shoes ( tires 
), food ( gas), medicine ( oil ), etc. So any monetary savings will be 
helpful in the near future. Just thought I'd pass this along to people who 
may be heading on a long trip towards Kenosha this summer...I may be one of 
them! But I may have my Gremlin's AM/FM/CB radio working by then, so I'll be 
able to call a trucker for help.... :) 

Jerry Casper
Woodbridge, VA
gonna work on the roof this weekend...