I live in eastern  Washington state and my husband lives in British
Columbia (in Canada).  What is the most economical way for us to
remain in telephone contact?  I know it is difficult because we live
in different countries, but is there any plan (with any company) where
we won't get killed with charges?

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 29 Apr 2004 13:58 PDT

Do you plan on using the cell phones as daily phones for the both of
you, or just to talk to one another. That would make a difference in
the kind of plan you would need. If you could answer that question for
me, i would be happy to try and find you a few plans that you could
choose from.

Nenna-GA
Google Answers Reseacher

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Clarification of Question by eljy-ga on 03 May 2004 14:33 PDT

Actually I guess I'd like to know for both cases.  It would be best if
these phones could be primary phones for each of us. But it might
necessary to have two different phone types if that is more
economical.

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Clarification of Question by eljy-ga on 04 May 2004 08:58 PDT

Okay, then I guess I'd like to know what the most economical plan is
for us using the phones as the daily phones for each of us.  In other
words, the first question on your list.

Since it may take more than a few minutes, or even hours to correctly
research this question, I suggest that you consider increasing your
price, or reducing the complexity of your question. A researcher gets
75% of the listed price, so, for example, researching 10 different
cell plan providers to see what they can offer for both options for
you could take an hour or 2, plus phone time to clarify.

You may wish to review the Google Answers pricing guidelines:

http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher

The only response I could offer without the type of Research that
Nenna-GA described, is to use the computer to communicate: only the
connection to the Internet would cost you money.

One of the programmes that offer a possibility for a voice
conversation (like those on the phone) is Skype (www.skype.com) - it
is a freeware, and if you download it, you talk at the costs of the
connection to the Internet. Of course, you'll both need a mike and
speakers/headphones, but these are pretty affordable.