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Why are prices so high in the USA vs Sweden? Is there some kind of oligopoly going on? The operators here are by the way in no way angels but operate at huge profits year after year!
The US government collects hundreds of millions of dollars in Spectrum License fees annually from wireless providers that give providers the right to offer wireless service in each market. Those fees are on top of the billions it costs to build and maintain each provider's wireless network. Those millions and billions in recurring costs are all passed on to the user.
Republic Wireless: $10/mo unlimited calls, but you must buy their phones (currently Moto G and Moto X). Also, this gets you no data plan, but if you want data, its $25/mo for 3g and $40/mo for 4g (with unlimited calls and 5 GB/mo before they throttle.)
My father-in-law and my wife use tracfones. Nothing fancy, but it costs about $100/year or so. They make phone calls....and can do an occasional text...but that's about it.
T-Mobile has an emergency only 30 minutes, 3 month card for $10 [$40 a yr] or 1000 minutes, 1 year card for $100 [$8.33 a month] Samsung T139 dumb flip phone, Walmart $22 with charger. Can text but a huge PITA.
Lifeline and assurance are for low-income.
I have Safe-link, similar. Everything is free, I get about 100 minutes a month, but I rarely use it, so they accumulate.
I don't have texting. It is very basic. But fabulous to have when I broke down.
Family Dollar Store (at least the one near me) is selling trac phones for $5.00
DESCRIPTION
LG440
• Free Double Minutes for Life!
• Compact Flip Phone
• Mobile Web
• Bluetooth® Wireless Technology
• 1.3 Megapixel Camera with Digital Zoom and Video Recorder
Samsung S150
• Free Double Minutes for Life!
• Alarm Clock
• Speakerphone
• SMS and MMS messaging
• Car charger and hands-free headset AC charger
We have Tracfone, and it is a pay-as-you-go plan, and works for us well. We only turn it on when we travel, and never use it at home since we have Vonage. I either buy 3 months in advance at about $20.00, just to keep the phone activated, or sometimes I order minutes online because they have a 30 minute web-exclusive deal. The phone doubles the minutes which is nice. I figure at the rate we use the phone, in another year I will have accumulated 1500 minutes, give or take.
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