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There are organizations which collect old used cell phones (Boys and Girls clubs etc) and donate them to places which other people can get a free/cheap used unactivated "911 phone" so they don't fill up the landfills

Many have E-911 an electronic GPS 911 signal; (A guy fell from a cliff in/near Austin and the GPS signal let EMS find him, because there wasn't a way to accurately describe by which rock/cliff they should go to) I carry an old 2003 unactivated phone with the E-911 (made in 2003) just for E-911 service when out fishing kayaking in the middle of a huge lake or out in the woods, driving back roads out in the country and even on trips to the city where I might not know street names.

So, I finally gave in to that modern newfangled technology portable cell phone thing ...I'm still not getting a Facebook page.

(Apparently, there may be a way to get them programmed to charge a credit card if you actually need to call someone too, like if stuck on a freeway on the way to a relative's, you may be able to call and pay $3.00 for that call once every so many years that that occasion might come up when you need to call someone besides 911 ... that's still cheaper than some monthly charge... I think it depends on the provider and I think it has to be programmed to do that and/or some advance agreement reached)

I"m thinking I'll finally get a Ham radio license I been thinkin' about for 40 years and use the thing where they can patch phone calls through too, just in case; could be handy. (But then I'll have a new obsession, and I already have about $10,000 in receive only radios and equipment)

Back on topic; 911 phones are free. (or really cheap)