I just got my dad a TraceFone last month. Got the cheap ($10) phone
as it would be the easiest for him to learn to use (he is 84).
For his first month he had 260+ minutes and then he sent me a letter
in the middle (not even 2 weeks after getting phone) telling me that
he was upset because his phone died. I tried to tell him that would
happen if he used up all his minutes.
So when I bought more minutes for him this month I warned him not
to be calling every person he knows and talking for extended periods
of time or he would run out of airtime.
I HAVE to be strict with my dad and his phone usage or he will run
amuck.
Only thing about TracFone I am not pleased with is that I can't track
the minutes of my dads phone online. I thought about trying to find
another service that would let me do that, but don't feel like going
to the hassle of setting up another new phone and trying to teach him
how to use it again.
But so far I have heard MANY good things about the TracFones.