[Snoman002]

I'll admit, having a second (or third, or fourth) phone one an exsiting line would be nice. I would mostly like it for security purposes, I could keep a couple old cell phones on chargers in drawers in various rooms, that way if I couldnt get to my main phones (home or cell) I could always grab one of those charged phones and do what I need.

For all practical purposes I'm really thinking a home fire or home invasion, if my wife or myself coluldnt get to our cell phones and the home phone was disabled or inaccesable then we could just grab one of those "other" phones and dial emergency services.
Yes, I am paranoid.

So does anybody know of a pay as you go phone that can sit for a year or more and still work? Because that would solve my concerns. Unfortunatley I dont know of any that work like that.