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Cost of new prepaid plan

March 30th, 2009 at 03:26 am

I've gotten all three of our phones switched to prepaid. T-Mobile only allows two prepaid accounts per household, so I had to switch one phone to Net10. I bought a Net10 phone for $26.83, and it came with 300 minutes and 60 days of service. We have to order more (at 10 cents a minute) before 60 days are up in order to keep the phone active.

Then I bought 1000 minutes each for my and AS's now-prepaid T-Mobile phones, at $107.40 each. Our numbers will stay active for 12 months before we need to buy more minutes (though I expect us both to need more before then).

So far, I've spent $241.63. I'm going to keep track and see what the cost averages out to over the course of a year. I'm hoping to get costs down to $50 per month. Our old plan cost anywhere from $84 to $91 per month (depending on the number of texts we sent), so anything better than that will be a savings. But I'm really shooting for $50. That would be an awesome savings.

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4 Responses to “Cost of new prepaid plan”

  1. Aleta Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 03:53 am 1238381638
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    I'm sure that you're going to like the new plan. I have a yearly prepaid that I love. It has become much more affordable than a monthly plan with a contract to boot.

  2. Broken Arrow Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 04:03 am 1238382201
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    Net10! Very good choice. I'm thinking of moving to them as well, though my current Tracfone works just as well for the moment....

  3. cptacek Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 05:25 am 1238387100
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    If you had to switch phones, think about selling the old ones. We just switched plans and had to switch phones as well, and I got $45 out of the pair...not much, but better than being thrown away or taking up space in a drawer!

  4. Caoineag Says:
    March 30th, 2009 at 03:22 pm 1238422947
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    I have been looking into prepaids for next year as well. We pay $72 (with taxes) for 2 phones. But we don't use hardly any of the any time minutes and few of the mobile to mobile so really only nights and weekends. I am betting we could average around $30 if we went with that...

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