More than half of all U.S. cellphone owners carry a device like the iPhone, a shift that has unsettled household budgets across the country. Government data show people have spent more on phone bills over the past four years, even as they have dialed back on dining out, clothes and entertainmentcutbacks that have been keenly felt in the restaurant, apparel and film industries.
The tug of war is only going to get more intense. Wireless carriers are betting they can pull bills even higher by offering faster speeds on expensive new networks and new usage-based data plans. The effort will test the limits of consumer spending as the draw of new technology competes with cellphone owners' more rudimentary needs and desires.
This is why I don't own a cell phone, simply not worth the price.
While trolling is certainly fun, I, in fact, do not have a personal cell phone. I have a work phone I'm required to carry as part of my job but at home I have a landline with local only and a calling call for long distance. Works out to about $27/month total. We tried a cell phone once with the idea of going w/o the landline but service sucked and the price for the family plan (two phones) was more than double the landline cost so we dumped the cell phones. Prices have not improved.Have fun trolling!
While trolling is certainly fun, I, in fact, do not have a personal cell phone. I have a work phone I'm required to carry as part of my job but at home I have a landline with local only and a calling call for long distance. Works out to about $27/month total. We tried a cell phone once with the idea of going w/o the landline but service sucked and the price for the family plan (two phones) was more than double the landline cost so we dumped the cell phones. Prices have not improved.
This is why I don't own a cell phone, simply not worth the price.
Oh, woe is me. I'm about to change from a $25 per month plan to one that costs $35.
Oh, teh humanity....
While trolling is certainly fun, I, in fact, do not have a personal cell phone. I have a work phone I'm required to carry as part of my job but at home I have a landline with local only and a calling call for long distance. Works out to about $27/month total. We tried a cell phone once with the idea of going w/o the landline but service sucked and the price for the family plan (two phones) was more than double the landline cost so we dumped the cell phones. Prices have not improved.
It would be nice if you could use a smartphone without a data plan. I use a lot of the features a smartphone offers, but I almost never use the data. I probably would have went to a non smartphone with the last upgrade if it wasn't for the fact I was able to get on my parents family plan and with their discount due to something it made it reasonably priced.
It would be nice if you could use a smartphone without a data plan. I use a lot of the features a smartphone offers, but I almost never use the data. I probably would have went to a non smartphone with the last upgrade if it wasn't for the fact I was able to get on my parents family plan and with their discount due to something it made it reasonably priced.
I'm probably gonna drop the Metro service and go with PagePlus Cellular. $80 for 2000 minutes/12 months. For no more than we use a cell phone, it makes better sense.
Verizon has plans that are good if you seldom use a phone. Minutes don't expire, and you don't pay anything unless you use the phone. You get raped when you do use it, but it's good for some people.
OOMA? LOVE THAT SH*T. I've gotten a couple people on it, but apparently a lot of the country still absolutely is hard over paying $30/month for an old-school landline.My wife and I have cell phones and no landline. If I need to call Dell tech support or talk for a long time we have cost effective VOIP for around $50/yr.
With high data plans to accomodate streaming and unlimited sms for chatty typers, its closer to $100.