How much is your cell phone bill each month? Strategies for lowering it?
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Anonymous
| Currently paying about $175 for two phone lines on one bill with AT&T. As it approaches $200, it just seems very hight. Curious what others pay. I'd love to get this closer to $100. Also, will be adding another line later this year when our child begins middle school. |
Anonymous
I think this is us too, and it's not even unlimited data! |
Anonymous
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$52/month for one phone, with Verizon, 2GB data plan. It was $74/month when I first got the phone, since Verizon charges you a device payment for the first 24 months. Now my phone is paid off, so that has gone away.
I also have a partial discount through my employer, otherwise it would be higher. |
Anonymous
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I have xfinity at home and switched to their new mobile service. It uses the Verizon network. $45 per line for unlimited data. I’ve been very happy.
Yes you have to have xfinity at home to get the mobile service. |
Anonymous
| $100/mo for one line - unlimited everything. T-Mobile. |
Anonymous
| Anyone using off brand services like Red Pocket Mobile or Republic? Just feel like cell phone service is like cable and keeps creeping up each year. |
Anonymous
| Sprint. $103-109/month for up to 4 phones, shared data plan. Our plan is 6-GB data shared. We only have two phones on the plan (one iPhone 7 and one Samsung Galaxy 7) and we usually only use about 2-2.5 GB per month because we are so often places where we have WiFi. When we travel and are places without a WiFi, I usually set up my phone as a hotspot for all other devices (like the tablets we and the kids use). We had one trip where we spent 8 days in a house with no WiFi and we ended up using about 5.6-GB of data that month, virtually all during that vacation. |
Anonymous
| I worked a deal with Verizon for $140 a month (includes all taxes, charges, etc) for two lines but limits data to 2GB for each phone. |
Anonymous
Correction, we have 3 devices. I forgot that last year we added a tablet that could use the data plan so that it doesn't necessarily have to be near a WiFi hot spot to get data. We've had enough times when traveling where it helps to have a tablet with its own data so that we don't have to set up a hotspot and connect to get Internet access. |
Anonymous
| $60/month for 2 lines with 2GB each from Cricket. Just made the switch recently from a Verizon and I think we're saving close to $100/month. Should have switched long ago. I think it might be a little slower than Verizon, but it hasn't significantly impacted my life in any way other than seeking out and connecting to WiFi networks a bit more than I used to. |
Anonymous
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Two lines from Republic Wireless, total usually less than $50/month. Heavy users will be higher (we use 1-2 gigs per line per month), but not hugely. You have to buy one of their phones or get a sim card if you have a compatible phone.
See https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wireless-carrier/ |
Anonymous
$.10 cents - Virgin had a special where you buy an iPhone get 12 months free.  Got an older iPhone new and now may very little. Needed new phones.
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Anonymous
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sprint is the total go to carrier for cost cut. BOGO on iphones so that pay for 1 is in my monthly for 2 lines total $96
no complaints about Sprint either |
Anonymous
| Consumer cellular. $60 for two lines. Unlimited texts, maybe 1500 of call minutes and 3 gigs to share. We never go over this. |
Anonymous
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ATT prepaid- $40 a month for unlimited talk/text and 6GB for each person so $80 a month total
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