Anyone here use the Jitterbug phone?

[ellenrr]

http://www.jitterbugdirect.com/plans.html

It is targeted to Seniors - big numbers, easy to use, no bells and whistles.
I was about to recommend it to my father but reading the details, I see that the carrier is "GreatCall,inc".
So now I'm wondering how the coverage is.

thanks for any feed-back.

--x-posted seniors

[whathehell]

1. I'm not, but I was considering it...n/t

[left-of-center2012]

2. I use Consumer Cellular

I've had Consumer Cellular for several years. They use AT&T. I get 10 hours of phone/text per month and it costs me $22 monthly. You can buy the phone online or at Sears and AARP members get a 10% off the monthly bill. My phone is the Doro. It's not a 'smart phone' but I just want one for phone calls and the doro has nice big buttons.
Check them out at:
https://www.consumercellular.com/

[MADem]

3. I see this post is old, but you might want to look at some of tracfone's offerings.

Cheap, some of their phones are VERY simple, and you buy one card and you're good for a year.

In my family we have several. Way cheaper than a cell plan and we don't yak all day on the cellphone, anyway--we have a landline.


I have travelled all over USA and never had difficulty getting a line out, even when others on more standard plans didn't have any bars--I think tracfone buys access from a lot of different providers.

This one has good sound quality...

http://www.tracfone.com/phone_detail.jsp?contentID=UCMTST_009904&title=THE%20BIG%20EASY(TM)

[ellenrr]

4. thanks! nt