My first cell phone was used for business when I lived in texas, I paid between 900.00 -1200.00 per month, That's when they charged for everything. It is alot cheaper now.
Net10 here. A $30 card every other month, so $15 for 150 minutes. I'm thinking of switching to Straight Talk, however-$30 for 1000 minutes, 1000 texts and 30 MB of data, and all on the Verizon network.