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Updated in comments: Ideas wanted to save on phone
I'm going over budgets with Mr. csuave and we want to know if anyone has ideas on how to save on his cell phone bill. He has an iphone and his plan is AT&T Nationwide 450 with rollover. He pays $99 per month. This is after a 19% corporate discount. There is no current contract with AT&T.
ETA: he is the only phone on this plan, it isn't a shared or family plan (I use a dumb phone on a family plan with my parents). It has unlimited data.
All ideas on how to lower this bill are appreciated, thanks!
Re: Updated in comments: Ideas wanted to save on phone
Also, I have heard Republic Wireless can be as low as $25 a month after you purchase one of their phones ($125-$200). No contract and they will reimburse you for any unused data (some get as low as $11 a month). It does a combo of wifi and data.
I was thinking starting out here might be better. Just changing plans could reduce his bill. Especially if his data usage doesn't match what he's actually paying for.
If you don't count the installment plans for the phones (we just got new phones), our bill is $86/month for 2 phones, but we're also on a 1GB data plan and don't even use that.
I have Metro PCS and have been happy with them. It is $40/month with unlimited data up to 5GB on 4G. They also have a plan that is unlimited 4G data for $60.
Their gimmick is "$40 period." The bill is truly a straight $40/month, with whatever taxes and fees already built into that price.
I also think IPhones can be put on their plans.
@smerka thanks so much for the tip on Go Phone! We didn't know about it before you mentioned it. H made the switch this week.
His unlimited data plan was $99 out the door and after I wrote my post he actually got a letter that they are going to raise the price by $5.
Turns out he was only using 3GB or less most months, although a couple months went up to 5 or 6. Go Phone is $60 for 4GB. It is technically unlimited because they don't cut you off at 4 but rather throttle down. They also have rollover.
He paid $61 for this month. I guess the $1 was taxes? If that is all for taxes then that is awesome! Future months will be on auto pay and go down to $55-56 per month. So overall he'll save close to $40 each month!
Since he owns the phone he can do this month to month with no contract and easily switch to something else in the future if and when that makes sense.
Now my only question is can he buy the Go Phone gift cards to put towards his bill without screwing up the auto pay discount? There are deals to be had on gift cards so that could yield more savings.