Re tracphone, the minutes seem to not expire, as long as you pay at least something regularly. The data appears to expire after 30 days, lowest cost option I could find is $16/monthly for 500mb?. Under Tracphone's other brand, SmartTalk, I can get 5gb LTE on Verizon for 3 mo at $16.67 monthly.
TING wireless is also $16/monthly, for 1gb... not sure if Ting is another Tracphone brand, or if the pricing is coincidental. $6 "access fee" and $10 for data, no talk or txt included.
I'd like to find something under $50 per year or about $4 a month. Looks like that's not possible right now.
