[bestmickey]

I have a tracfone that I purchased on HSN (Home Shopping Network). It gives me triple minutes for life. Each time I purchase minutes, which is minimally required once per year, the minutes are tripled. It has texting, internet access, etc. LOVE the phone. While I'm living in upstate New York, I've used it while visiting The Villages and have never had access problems. While there have been lots of complaints from people re: registering the phones, I have never experienced any problems, and over the years I've upgraded my tracfone three times. Each time I registered the new phone(s), I had great customer service and was able to retain my old cell phone service phone number. I highly recommend getting a tracfone from HSN, because I'm not aware that any other vendor currently offers triple minutes for life. (Many offer double minutes, however.) A one year "card" (minutes purchased) is for 450 minutes, costing ~$99. But, I got 1,350 minutes for $99. The phone itself cost about $100 or $120 on HSN and came with the car charger. And, if you don't use all your minutes in one year, they will roll over into the next year. I can call anywhere in the country and it even allows me to call internationally to approximately 20 countries.