What are some EXTREMELY cheep phone choices?

Question

I'm willing to work with things like VoIP, but I'm going on a tight budget and I want to know cheep phone options. I rarely use the phone, but I wouldn't want to enter into anything that was less than 600 minutes. Also, if it was pay by the minute, I wouldn't want anything that charged more than a .025 a minute. However; this would be my IDEAL (not expecting this- but listed in order of most important)

1- $15 or less per month (Willing to go as high as $20... would prefer something around $10)

2- Portable (Things like VoIP work, I take my laptop everywhere)

3- Text messaging

4- Set monthly (or yearly) price (I like to know what I am paying)

5- (and this is why I bring up services like VoIP) Phone numbers from multiple area codes.

6- Answering machine, caller ID, etc. Bells and Whistles

again, I expect this to be an unreasonable request... but I want to know the closest option.

Answer 1

you can take a look at MagicJack!!

http://www.magicjack.com/5/index.asp

Answer 2

alltell wireless pay as you go would probably work well for you but you won't get away with it for as cheap as you want it. It will cost $30 minimum plus $50 for the phone itself.

It includes free mobile to mobile

unlimited texting

unlimited calling to your favorite 5 people that you pick including land lines

Good luck

Answer 3

You can do all those things with CallCentric and InPhonex VoIP services.  They are pay-as-you-go, no contracts, no commitments, no nonsense.