checking cell phone minute usage?

[Esmail]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone has written a Python program (or has
ideas about how to go about it) that checks your current cell
phone minute usage?

For verizon I can either log on to a MyVerizon web page (I am
not aware of an API for it) or I can text #min from my phone.

I don't really care about my minute use unless it gets within
95% of my allowable plan, so a little program that could check
this and send me an e-mail or text alert would be great.

Any ideas how to go about writing a program like this (assuming
there isn't one already available)?

Thanks,
Esmail