Is anybody really happy with their cellphone plan/bill?

Posted By on June 29, 2011

A friend of mine recently switched carriers from T-Mobile to Sprint after grumbling about service … and the cellphone subject gave me something to make small talk with to a few of my customers on Tuesday. What I realized is that no matter the carrier, every customer complained.

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One plan did stand out … Virgin Mobile’s prepaid service (on the Sprint network)  and an LG Optimus V Android phone without a contract. How does $25/mo for unlimited text and data and 300 minutes sound? I think I could live with it.

I really only need to use my cellphone for calls when I’m not at a desk phone, home NetTalk VOIP phone or computer connected talk (free Google phone calls and Skype connections). With a little discipline, I could reduce my minutes to the 300/month. My wife is already under the 300 minutes each month as well as the phone I give to my parents (shared minutes on our plan -  originally was $10/mo now over $20). About the only real concerns are my two kids phones …one which should be off soon, but the other most likely will want to stay on our plan? Nevertheless, with a no contract $25/mo plan, we could all have our own and save money over separates … like over $100/month if my mental calculation are correct!

If you have used them and have an opinion as compared to Sprint, post a comment. Thanks.

Comments

  • http://cincitdi.com Tim Hunter

    I haven’t used Virgin, but one of the nice things with Sprint is free minutes to any mobile network, we picked a much smaller family plan in terms of minutes due to this.  Most of our calls are to other mobile numbers (I think!)
    Still $25 a line sounds like a great deal if you keep your minutes down, hopefully they will let you bump up to the next tier if you are getting close?

  • http://richc.myarchive.us RichC

    Debating on how to proceed from here. Currently I still pay my son, daughter and parent phones BUT once it is just 2 of us I think this would be a great option as having a $50/mo (for 2) phone bill would be great.

  • Tim Hunter

    Just read this news about the Virgin Mobile plans today http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/07/06/virgin-mobile-to-switch-up-plan-prices-drop-10-monthly-blackberry-fee/

  • http://richc.myarchive.us RichC

    Thanks Tim … as I was just discussing the $25 option with Brenda … so much for that.

    The new rates add $10 to the price of the 300-minute plan (was $25, will
    be $35), $5 to the 1200 minute plan (was $40, will be $45), while
    dropping the price of the unlimited everything plan from $60 to $55.
    Virgin Mobile offers unlimited text, email, data, and web with all of
    its plans, and luckily, that won’t change along with the new pricing.
    While this news may not be welcome by all, there’s a little silver
    lining in these price hikes: the usual $10 fee for BlackBerry owners is coming to an end.

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