New (Prepaid) Cellphones #1 and #2

Sat. Jan. 6:
#1 Virgin Mobile phone on sale for $15 plus $20 for a prepaid card. I was with ATT until Cingular bought ATT & now requires upgrade of the phone. But at least this phone is a Very Good Buy. It does almost everything & the main downside is it needs to be charged anytime you're not using it. Nice design ... cheap ... excellent features.

Mon. Jan. 8:
Cingular buys ATT & I have to pay $70 for a new phone, earphone (new driving rules), and car charger. I'm stuck with cingular because it's the only way to (1) save over $100 worth of minutes (400 min.) and (2) it works in my home town in central Illinois. Virgin Mobile (Sprint network) does not have coverage there.