Lose your phone, keep your contacts

[betheny]

http://mobilebackup.att.com/faqs.html#42

My cellphone fell out of my purse and got run over by a 3/4 ton Dodge pickup. Luckily I had just subscribed to this AT&T service that backs up your contacts. For $1.99/month, your contact list is backed up to a satellite every week.

Of course I'm having the usual "I need a phone NOW, my contract doesn't run out for 2 months, whatta ya mean a new phone will be $250?"

Got a Gophone at walmart for $15, put my old sim card in it. Reloaded my contacts from the phone book in the sky. And voila back in business.

If your service offers this option, it is worth $24 a year imo.