[Joe Wicked]

Ron,
On the subject of Cell Phones, one item that a lot of people don't know is that ANY cell phone activated or not, in the home network or not can always call 911 as long as there is a signal of course. I would suggest that you get 1 CDMA (Sprint, Verizon, MetroPCS, Cricket, US Cellular) and 1 GSM (AT&T, T-Mobile) and keep them plugged into the charger and turned on. That way as long as one technology or the other gets a signal, you can call 911. I keep old non activated phones in my car for just that purpose. No bill to worry about and you would only use them if the phone lines were down and you needed help.