What is the best no contract phone plan in the U.S.?

Elektra57 · June 4, 2022

I finally got off my parents phone plan because it was atrocious. (Republic Wireless) I am currently using Google Fi. Service has been great. Have not had any issues with dropped calls or internet issues. It just seems expensive. I've tried not to use my phone if it isn't connected to wifi. I have been looking at Mint, but I'm not convinced it's any better. I don't use a lot of data but in the event of a blackout or if I am somewhere that I can't connect to wifi I don't want to have to worry about a huge charge. Just wanted to see what everyone is using and if this is just the normal cost.TIA. Attached screenshots.

An0maly_76 · June 4, 2022

I used to drive tractor-trailers coast-to-coast and I found Straight Talk to be very straightforward, reasonably priced and had good coverage as long as you used Verizon towers. Of course, there's no insurance if you break your phone, but replacing it is a lot cheaper in most cases, so there is that.

8tg · June 4, 2022

Ive been using mint mobile for 4 years, 360$/year per line for unlimited data, calls, texts (though data caps 4g lte at 35gb then slows per month)

If youre using such a small amount of data a month it gets even cheaper, they have a 4gb/month plan for 180$/year per line and offer family plans for multiple lines as well.

You spend less by pre-paying for long periods of time.

Theyre on T-Mobiles network, so if you have good T-Mobile coverage in your area theyre the most economical option from my experience.

kirashi · June 4, 2022

16 minutes ago, Elektra57 said:

I finally got off my parents phone plan because it was atrocious. (Republic Wireless) I am currently using Google Fi. Service has been great. Have not had any issues with dropped calls or internet issues. It just seems expensive. I've tried not to use my phone if it isn't connected to wifi. I have been looking at Mint, but I'm not convinced it's any better. I don't use a lot of data but in the event of a blackout or if I am somewhere that I can't connect to wifi I don't want to have to worry about a huge charge. Just wanted to see what everyone is using and if this is just the normal cost.TIA. Attached screenshots.

If you're currently paying $17.50 for 2 lines ($35) plus $10 per 1GB of data (shared between the lines I'm guessing?), that's an absolute steal compared to what us Canuck's pay for a single line. Two lines with shared data are around (on average) $110-$130 CAD total up here.

Anywho, looking at Ting Mobile's plans do indicate a better overall deal compared to Google Fi, depending on whether you go with their $25 per line 5GB data plan ($50 total for 2 lines), or their $10 per line $5 per 1GB data flexible plan ($30-$40 total for 2 lines, depending on your data usage).

https://tingmobile.com/plans

ewitte · June 9, 2022

On 6/4/2022 at 4:35 PM, 8tg said:

Ive been using mint mobile for 4 years, 360$/year per line for unlimited data, calls, texts (though data caps 4g lte at 35gb then slows per month)

If youre using such a small amount of data a month it gets even cheaper, they have a 4gb/month plan for 180$/year per line and offer family plans for multiple lines as well.

You spend less by pre-paying for long periods of time.

Theyre on T-Mobiles network, so if you have good T-Mobile coverage in your area theyre the most economical option from my experience.

Needed a 3rd line and went into Tmobile. All the specials for free lines are new customers only. They would have only given me the 4th line free... It would have took my bill to 170-180/mo. I went ahead and did prepaid $15/mo on that but went home and ordered mint mobile to replace the two main lines. That account will be closed before the next cycle.