OT: Basic phone plans

[MarkDallas]

I'm looking for a phone plan for my son. He doesn't have a smart phone and only needs talk and text. I had him a plan from Mint Mobile that was around $7 per month, but apparently that was an introductory rate.

Anybody have a super basic plan they like?

 

[aTotal360]

You can always get a prepaid phone that way you can control the money you spend.

 

[triton28]

I use straight talk. I get unlimited everything for 50 dollars. But there are cheaper plans. Moving off cspire and on to straight talk is the best decision I’ve made in some time. The service is much much faster than my wife’s cspire. And the iPhones are much cheaper as well.

 

[was21]

check out Consumer Cellular...great customer service, no contract, very thrifty rates, wide variety of basic and advanced phones

 

[Dawg1976]

That's a good way to do it. PagePlus(Verizon NW) has a $12/mo deal that is 500 texts and 500 minutes. I believe it's $10/mo if you do auto refills. Another way to control his phone usage. Personally I use Cricket's $30/mo plan. Unlimited texts and calls but does limit data to 2GB of 4G with slower speeds above that. Works for me.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

I use straight talk. I get unlimited everything for 50 dollars. But there are cheaper plans. Moving off cspire and on to straight talk is the best decision I’ve made in some time. The service is much much faster than my wife’s cspire. And the iPhones are much cheaper as well.

How is straight talk in rural Mississippi?

 

[mstateglfr]

Our oldest(12) has my wife's old iphone. Its $20 to add her to our sprint plan and she has unlimited everything.

She uses it mostly for games and movie making, then for texts, then for internet, and phone calls is a distant last place.

Just mentioning this because if the difference is $10 between a bare bones text n talk plan and having your kid as an added line to your plan, it may be worth the difference.

...at the same time, mine doesnt play video games other than the few apps on her phone, so we thought it was worth it to essentially combine cell and games. If she were a huge gamer and that cost us a bunch too, I may have had reservations.


Limiting screen time and app time is really easy. There are phone settings to restrict use, app settings to restrict use, and rules arpund use too. Foolproof so far.

 

[Dawg_4_lifes]

you can always go the Hugh Freeze burner phone route

 

[Old Fart Dawg]

How is straight talk in rural Mississippi?

Not bad at all

 

[triton28]

Mine runs on Verizon towers. I live in a rural town in Mississippi and I don’t even use my WiFi at home because my speeds are faster than my WiFi.