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Some, but not all, cell towers have backup generators, but during Hurricane Sandy they provided only an additional four to six hours of power. Additionally, celltowers are not designed to handle a mass of people calling all at once. Landlinephones, assuming they are not wireless, generally work during a power outage.

We evaluated more than 200 cell phone plans offered by the following carriers: AT&T, Boost Mobile, Consumer Cellular, Cricket, GreatCall, Google's Project Fi, MetroPCS, Net10, Republic Wireless, Sprint, Straight Talk, T-Mobile, Tracfone, Verizon Wireless and Virgin Mobile.

A prepay mobile phone (also commonly referred to as pay-as-you-go, pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone or prepaid) is a mobile phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for mobile phone services at the point the service is accessed or consumed.

Most cell phones sold in North America — especially on contract — are locked to a particular cellular carrier. They can only be used on that carrier's network, so you can't switch to another carrier without unlocking it first.

A disposable phone number is a virtual phone number that is usable temporarily. The temporary number is purchased from a service provider. Calls to that number are forwarded to the user's existing phone.

The best time to look for cell phone deals is during the festive season. You can also find the same during sale events like Black Friday Sale and Big Boxing Day sale.