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How is your phone bill $125 - month? I have usage based billing and it's between $25 and $80 depending on my usage.

by dharmab 3y ago

welshwelsh 3y ago
Prime is $150/yr
jmharvey 3y ago
$100+ monthly phone bills often include the cost of the device, not just the service.
- ericmay 3y ago
  Yea but in this case it's not a good comparison since Prime Mobile is presumably not including a phone too. But maybe it will.
ghaff 3y ago
My AT&T bill is over $100/month. My dad's on the plan too but it's a good $100/month just for the service in any case.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  I buy the most expensive retail ATT plan and it is $50 per line and it goes lower per line as you add lines. See “unlimited premium”: https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/ https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/ With signature program and multi line discount, I pay $40 per line excluding all taxes, and $45 per line including taxes for 4 lines. When I had 5 lines, it was $5 cheaper.
  - IggleSniggle 3y ago
    My experience with AT&T is that even though the cost may be listed as $45 per line for multi-line (and notably $75 for Signature single line), that after taxes and fees it comes out to $90 for a single line on signature. Came out to an additional $15 per line back when I was paying for multi line, too. These days I go with post-tax/fee calculated provider costs (in my case, Visible (Verizon) at $45 for deprioritized service). So I guess some qualifying customers like yourself can manage that… Maybe price discrimination, but only applies after fees?
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    - lotsofpulp 3y ago
      I was mistaken about the price for ATT. Looks like the pre tax prices are drastically higher for fewer lines than mine. 1 line is $85 per line 2 lines is $75 per line 3 lines is $60 per line 4 lines is $50 per line 5 lines is $45 per line and after that, you have to open a new ATT account and start at 1 line. So I can see paying near $100 for an individual ATT line. It actually looks like Verizon is cheaper now? You can get 1 line for $65 per month plus tax for 3 years if you switch to Verizon (I cannot tell what the price is if you are already on Verizon).
mleo 3y ago
Mine is $280/mo, but has 6 phones and 4 other devices. So ~$30/device is good? No phone cost in there, just service.
jabroni_salad 3y ago
https://www.cnbc.com/select/how-to-cut-your-cell-phone-bill-costs/ https://www.cnbc.com/select/how-to-cut-your-cell-phone-bill-... > In fact, JD Power told CNBC that the average cell phone bill is now $144. If you are on a typical american post-paid plan I guess that is what you get.
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- LegitShady 3y ago
  that bill is probably for multiple phone lines in a household, and include extra for paying off device loans.
mindslight 3y ago
Meanwhile I'm sitting here rolling my eyes at the description of "free or $10/month" as my mobile bill is already less than $10/mo. I'm sure adding cell plans to Sunk Cost Fallacy would be a great business move for Amazon though. The more things they can tie to it, the harder it is to cancel.

How is your phone bill $125 - month? I have usage based billing and it's between $25 and $80 depending on my usage.

welshwelsh 3y ago

Prime is $150/yr

jmharvey 3y ago

$100+ monthly phone bills often include the cost of the device, not just the service.

ericmay 3y ago
Yea but in this case it's not a good comparison since Prime Mobile is presumably not including a phone too. But maybe it will.

ghaff 3y ago

My AT&T bill is over $100/month. My dad's on the plan too but it's a good $100/month just for the service in any case.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
I buy the most expensive retail ATT plan and it is $50 per line and it goes lower per line as you add lines. See “unlimited premium”: https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/ https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/ With signature program and multi line discount, I pay $40 per line excluding all taxes, and $45 per line including taxes for 4 lines. When I had 5 lines, it was $5 cheaper.
- IggleSniggle 3y ago
  My experience with AT&T is that even though the cost may be listed as $45 per line for multi-line (and notably $75 for Signature single line), that after taxes and fees it comes out to $90 for a single line on signature. Came out to an additional $15 per line back when I was paying for multi line, too. These days I go with post-tax/fee calculated provider costs (in my case, Visible (Verizon) at $45 for deprioritized service). So I guess some qualifying customers like yourself can manage that… Maybe price discrimination, but only applies after fees?
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  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    I was mistaken about the price for ATT. Looks like the pre tax prices are drastically higher for fewer lines than mine. 1 line is $85 per line 2 lines is $75 per line 3 lines is $60 per line 4 lines is $50 per line 5 lines is $45 per line and after that, you have to open a new ATT account and start at 1 line. So I can see paying near $100 for an individual ATT line. It actually looks like Verizon is cheaper now? You can get 1 line for $65 per month plus tax for 3 years if you switch to Verizon (I cannot tell what the price is if you are already on Verizon).

mleo 3y ago

Mine is $280/mo, but has 6 phones and 4 other devices. So ~$30/device is good? No phone cost in there, just service.

jabroni_salad 3y ago

https://www.cnbc.com/select/how-to-cut-your-cell-phone-bill-costs/ https://www.cnbc.com/select/how-to-cut-your-cell-phone-bill-... > In fact, JD Power told CNBC that the average cell phone bill is now $144. If you are on a typical american post-paid plan I guess that is what you get.

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LegitShady 3y ago
that bill is probably for multiple phone lines in a household, and include extra for paying off device loans.

mindslight 3y ago

Meanwhile I'm sitting here rolling my eyes at the description of "free or $10/month" as my mobile bill is already less than $10/mo. I'm sure adding cell plans to Sunk Cost Fallacy would be a great business move for Amazon though. The more things they can tie to it, the harder it is to cancel.