I was paying $35 a month for long-distance calls, since Christina and I have relatives out of state. We live 12 miles from the supermarket, so we try to make our trips to town as efficient as possible. We got a Cingular/AT&T plan with 3 cell phones for $80 a month, and an allowance of 450 calling minutes. The minutes roll over to the next month if they're not used, and we now have 1,500 minutes to draw from.
I figure with the gas and long distance bills we save, the phones pay for themselves. I'm thinking of disconnecting my landline phone.
-Joe-