[vertex-four]

Err. A SIM card which comes with a phone number costs me £0 for the SIM and £5 minimum top-up. £10 for the phone, though half my friends seem to have old phones they could probably lend me.

Are you in a country which doesn't have pay-and-go service?

[pdkl95]

I'm in a country with a crazy healthcare system. Medical disability barely covers the absolute bare minimum; spending that 15 on a SIM (assuming I could find a phone somewhere) would require not paying of one of the drugs that are keeping me alive.

[icebraining]

Apparently even pay-as-you-go plans in the US have a fixed monthly payment: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/pay-as-you-go

[ikeboy]

You can always use Freedompop or ringplus, where after a signup fee the plans are free.