I suppose the additional two phones are for your kids? Does your wife need a smartphone? Check out Net10. You can get an unlimited plan for $50 for a smartphon

I suppose the additional two phones are for your kids? Does your wife need a smartphone? Check out Net10. You can get an unlimited plan for $50 for a smartphone, 750 minutes for $25/mo. and 200 minutes for $15/mo. The 200 minute plan has carry over minutes. Your net total would be $105, and ~$115 by the time you include sales tax. Granted, you still have to buy the phones. You could also look at Walmart's family plan. http://www.walmart.com/cp/Family-Mobile/1076544 http://www.walmart.com/cp/Family-Mobile/1076544 That would get you down to $150 for the whole family and it's powered by T-Mobile. FYI, I'm not offering this simply as a suggestion. I did this back in 2009. I was looking to move away from Sprint (poor coverage where I moved to) to a regional carrier. They wanted $60 per live for activation. I was told they'd only charge for one but I ended up still getting billed for all three. They wouldn't honor the discount the sales person offered me saying the offer wasn't approved by a manager. Fed up with the state of wireless companies at the time, I originally moved to Tracfone and later to Net10 when Net10 came out with monthly plans (both owned by the same company). Only this past August did I finally upgrade to Android. While my phone is no frills (800 MHz processor and 3.2 pixel camera), it keeps my calendar and contacts in sync, which makes life easier.