How much do you pay for cell service? (battery, brightness, Android)

[Karl Lagos]

$20 a month on a tracfone plan.

[KCZ]

Verizon is now trying to coerce its customers into their new 5G plans instead of their old ""Unlimited" plans. I can't see that their service changes at all, but every device now needs to have its own plan instead of being combined with multiple lines. If I agreed to this, my bill would increase by more than double.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/tech/...ase/index.html

[PacoMartin]

Originally Posted by KCZ

I don't believe how people are paying $15-20/month total. Here, Verizon is $25-35/month for "access" for each device, plus a data fee, plus surcharges and taxes, plus more for any add-ons like call blocking or streaming services. It adds up to $100 pretty quickly. It's the only mobile company with any decent reception and that's not very good...usually 0-1 bar.

Pagepluscellular is owned by Verizon and operates on Verizon's network.

For very light users of cell talk and text (~100 minutes per month) they have the cheapest plan in the country. For $80 you get a pass for a whole year and they charge you 6 cents a minute or 5 cents a text. This is a particularly good plan for older people who hate cell phones, but need them for emergencies and quick responses like "stuck in traffic, I'll be 15 minutes late".

For slightly heavier users of cell talk and text (<500 minutes per month & <500 texts per month) they have a $10 + taxes and 911 fees per month if you use AutoRefill. For that you get 500 minutes, 500 texts and 100 MB 4G LTE data which is probably enough to operate Google Map occasionally. Google Maps uses around 3MB of data per five minutes of use.

For unlimited cell talk and text ($27+taxes with Auto Refill) you also get the first 3 GB Data up to 4G LTE.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by PacoMartin

Pagepluscellular is owned by Verizon and operates on Verizon's network.

For very light users of cell talk and text (~100 minutes per month) they have the cheapest plan in the country. For $80 you get a pass for a whole year and they charge you 6 cents a minute or 5 cents a text. This is a particularly good plan for older people who hate cell phones, but need them for emergencies and quick responses like "stuck in traffic, I'll be 15 minutes late".

For slightly heavier users of cell talk and text (<500 minutes per month & <500 texts per month) they have a $10 + taxes and 911 fees per month if you use AutoRefill. For that you get 500 minutes, 500 texts and 100 MB 4G LTE data which is probably enough to operate Google Map occasionally. Google Maps uses around 3MB of data per five minutes of use.

For unlimited cell talk and text ($27+taxes with Auto Refill) you also get the first 3 GB Data up to 4G LTE.

Compared to that second one (500 minutes/500 texts and 100mb of 4G LTE), Tello (a T-Mobile MVNO) has a better deal....Unlimited talk (to about 60 countries)/Unlimited texts/and 500mb of 4G LTE for $9 rather than $10.

[recycled]

In Germany I pay 10 Euro / month ($10.50 usd) for Vodafone's prepaid plan of unlimited talk and text throughout EU plus 3 gig / month of data. I never come close to using up the data, so it works fine for me. Vodafone is the second largest network in Germany, not a reseller, and their cellular data service is rated the best / fastest.

[Amontillado]

My wife and I used to have Truphone, the best deal anywhere, for people who don't make many calls. It was 6 cents a minute for outgoing calls, zero for incoming calls, and no taxes or fees. But they shut down that end of the business, and we switched to Tello, which is $10 a month for unlimited talk and 1GB of data. It's worked very well for us. (Not that I own stock in it, you understand...)

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by robertpasa

I have ATT with 3G of data per month. Everything else is just the default. One line. About $85 per month. Are others cheaper?

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[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by Amontillado

My wife and I used to have Truphone, the best deal anywhere, for people who don't make many calls. It was 6 cents a minute for outgoing calls, zero for incoming calls, and no taxes or fees. But they shut down that end of the business, and we switched to Tello, which is $10 a month for unlimited talk and 1GB of data. It's worked very well for us. (Not that I own stock in it, you understand...)

Unlimited text is also included (I have two Tello lines...same as yours except $2 less each ($8 each) re choosing zero data instead of 1GB of data).

[Brightsider]

Nice to have an updated list though there are so many companies & plans available with choices suited to individual needs. With ever evolving mergers & acquisitions, I'm going to have to keep up as now on the edge of what happens next. Have been an early subscriber to upstart Republic Wireless and would have recommended taking a look at their plans. However with last year's sell out to Dish it's quite obvious Dish is attempting a shutdown/switch to it's other brands. There were immediate problems and fleeing of existing customers. Dish still offers Republic brand but closed to Dish customers only. They deleted least expensive plan and shut down the tech forum with no notice. It was also somewhat of a social forum as Republic had a unique following. I needed new phone, got good deal to stay with them, grandfathered in at $14.99 all inclusive/month. Not a Dish customer either so expect when a new phone is needed, this deal will end.

So be aware with some of the smaller start-ups, who can blame them for eventually selling out for the $$ plus bigger companies always reducing competition. On wireless mostly with low data needs. Have been on set it/forget it for over a decade so now have to look as I expect the only hangers-on with Republic are those grandfathered in. Clearly offering to Dish only customers was first move.

[thinkalot]

$43 with 5gb. One line. Part of that is for the phone.