What is the cheepest cellular phone service for mutiplte phones?
Cingular used to be good, but since they switched to Att it has been horriblely expensive. A phone bill should never be more than an eletric bill. But our last bill was over $300.00, before we never paid more than $60.00.
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We use an ATT family plan, no texting or insurance but all the other extras like call waiting , forwarding, v-mail, nationwide roaming and unlimited long nationwide distance etc.
We have a block of time per month, about 700 anytime minutes with roll over minutes. We always have a surplus at the end of the month and seem to be losing roll over minutes faster than we can use them.
Bottom line we spend $110 total (with taxes etc) for 5 phones. And the price doesn't go up and down because we don't tolerate the over charges. Don't ever base your pricing on their advertised plan price without taking into consideration the taxes and fees. It is always a significant factor more, at least 15%, usually as much as 20%,
Make sure to use equipment wisely. No downloads or texting. No fancy hula hoop features like silly television over your phone. If the kids run up charges then they either have to work it off and pay the diference or lose their phone for a month.
The first time you confiscate a phone is the hardest but they get the idea quick that it is NOT an entitlement and if they don't cooperate on responsible usage then there is always the option of closing the account.
Have you talked to your ATT provider to get a better plan?
They will sit with you on the phone and help tailor a plan to your needs if you call them and negotiate. You can research the current plan offerings online but sometimes the sales rep will know of an option that is not listed.
BTW the family plan option also means that all calls between you and the other members do not accumlate minute charges. Also ATT does not charge minutes for any calls to other ATT phones.
I believe all the networks offer this option now anyway but often you ONLY get what you ask for so make sure you ask your sales rep for the sky even if you have to just settle for the clouds. ;~)
each person should get their own pay-as-you-go plan...
seriously, i don't know how many phones you have, but my husband and i pay about $110 for two phones and our family share plan. we have insurance, texting, etc on our phones. if you get a bare-bones plan (no insurance or texting), you could probably get away with under $100. we have Verizon.