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Prepaid plan costs update

July 28th, 2009 at 12:00 am

RECAP: So I switched to prepaid in late March, meaning it's been 4 months. We have 2 phones on T-Mobile prepaid and 1 on Net10 prepaid.

Initial layout: $241.63 to get us set up with phones and minutes.
NT's late-May Net10 fillup: $32.65 (He hadn't used up his previous 300, but they roll over as long as you re-up in time.)
AS's second 1,000 minutes with T-Mobile: $107.40. (We hope to get this batch to last longer than three months; AS has gotten much better this past month at controlling her conversations with her mom, and at insisting that she call her mom via Skype vs. her mom calling her.)
NT's late-July Net10 fillup: $32.82

So our total cost so far is $414.50.

So far, if I divide our total cost by 4, our new plan has cost us $103.63 per month (our monthly average is down from $127.23 per month).

We have a good chance of gradually getting that average down. I've barely used any of my 1,000 minutes and I don't need to re-up until March of next year unless I run out of minutes before then.

(Our cellphone bill, for three phones on a family plan, used to range from $80-$95, depending on texts, calls to 411, etc. Usually it was close to $85. My goal is to get my average cost below that, preferably to $50 per month, but any average number below $85 will be a savings.)

2 Responses to “Prepaid plan costs update”

  1. Caoineag Says:
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    Yeah our break even is next April but our start ups were $520 thanks to cancellation fees. I do think once I get past the break even point though I will stop counting initial costs so I can see the monthly current costs.

  2. Monster Mitch Says:
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    1000 minutes costs $30 on Straight Talk and for another $15 ($45) you have unlimited calls and texts.

    Just sayin' if you REALLY want to save money.

    ;>)

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