We are overpaying for phone plans from Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. Budget wireless services, similarly fast and robust, can save thousands.

P.S. Some of the ‘big’ carriers, now and then, offer much less expensive ‘plans’. Some event beat the prices in this article, if your ‘Data’ needs are limited.

    • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21•1 year ago

      At some point they told the Telcos you have to offer competition. So a dozen different budget phone services popped up over like the last 15 maybe more years. They all have decent rates and use one of the big 3s infrastructure, so they get the same service levels.

      The big Telcos still exist because people don’t fully understand how the competition works and because people always want the newest iPhone and are bad at math and calculating risk. So they are in a perpetual contract so they can get a free “insured” iphone of the latest variety, while only paying 3x for their cell bill.

      • @MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20•1 year ago

        “Same service levels” Wrong. Verizon and the other infrastructure owners don’t sell access to their top tier antennae. You’re using the older shit and your traffic is deprioritized. You do not get the same service.

        That doesn’t mean it cannot be worth the price, but know they’re LYING to you when they say you get the exact same service.