You may assume it is easiest and best to continue using your cell phone plan from home. In recent years, this has become a issue when students have problems with computers, etc. and leave messages with long distance call-back numbers. Likewise, your friends, classmates, and professors will have to call a long distance number, also. Under many plans, your calls to local numbers will be long distance, too.
The Vanderbilt Cell Phone page lists discounts available to students.
Sprint has installed a cellular transmission tower on the Peabody campus to support its service.