Definitely possible. The one I have now costs around $20 in the big box stores. I've seen basic models in your price range from most cell phone companies.
My family hasn't had the best luck with TracFone--we had two different phones fail to activate and customer support was hard to use and couldn't solve the problem. We've had better luck with TMobile and Virgin Mobile, though I've noticed lately that very few stores are selling Virgin Mobile phones or cards.
The big problem for (formerly) sporadic users like me is that with a lot of pay-as-you-go phones, you have to add a certain number of minutes every few months to keep the phone activated. I ended up with a huge backlog of unused minutes, even after I canceled my landline long-distance. One big family crisis took care of that problem, though.
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Date: 2012-08-04 04:33 pm (UTC)From:My family hasn't had the best luck with TracFone--we had two different phones fail to activate and customer support was hard to use and couldn't solve the problem. We've had better luck with TMobile and Virgin Mobile, though I've noticed lately that very few stores are selling Virgin Mobile phones or cards.
The big problem for (formerly) sporadic users like me is that with a lot of pay-as-you-go phones, you have to add a certain number of minutes every few months to keep the phone activated. I ended up with a huge backlog of unused minutes, even after I canceled my landline long-distance. One big family crisis took care of that problem, though.