It's hardly ever turned on. I use it rarely for outgoing calls. My sister in San Diego also has Verizon, so we can talk for free, but we also both have unlimited long distance on our land line, so it doesn't really make much difference, lol! I guess I have mine mostly because I wanted my parents to have a cell phone, so I got one for them and share the minutes. They were dead set against owning one, but I feel better that they have one. I like having my cell phone when I'm on call for work. I can answer my pages right away.