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					Originally Posted by doriaN  I've always heard that hobby phone is a must - but i just have no idea how those work or what the best route is.  anyone care to clarify on the best phone/service to get and costs.  do these allow you to not attach your name/address to them?  etc... | 
	
 
Usually you can go into any store (WalMart, Target etc) or cell retail store (AT&T, T-Mobile) and get yourself a prepaid SIM or a phone with a prepaid card. 
If you have a phone that takes SIM cards you can usually get someone at the store to just sell you the SIM, activate a number on it and buy a prepaid card of some dollar amount. But usually you can haggle less by just buying a cheap prepaid phone from one big box retailers and pay as you go. 
Couple of things to look for when you buy the cards and which provider to go with, $/min and how long the minutes are good for ie if you buy a card for 1000 min but they expire after 3 month or something along those lines. 
More often then not you dont need to provide any address or name if you get a prepaid phone. Also there are a lot more options than AT&T and Tmobile I just used those as an example.