Trying to find a phone plan that’s paid by the minute, not by the month. I want a phone that only charges me when and if I use it – no recurring monthly fee whatsoever, and no ‘inactivity’ fees either.

I don’t use my phone much at all. Even if it costs $5 per minute, that would still be cheaper for me than even the cheapest monthly plans. And I don’t need any data connection at all, ever. Just voice calls and texts.

Such a thing used to be possible, but after searching and searching, I can’t find any such thing now. Do they no longer exist?

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Added: I can reasonably recommend this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/136840233242?

    It’s $30/year for unlimited voice and data plus 200MB/month of data, which is comfortably enough to check email and Lemmy now and then, though not enough for video watching or heavy web surfing. I’m on a $10/month T-mobile plan from them and it’s mostly been ok.

    Strange… Why are $2.50/mo plans available on ebay, but not through Red Pocket’s website? The lowest shown on their website is ~$10/mo.

    • solrize@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      IDK but they’ve done that for a very long time. I remember wondering if ebay had some exclusive deal with them for annual plans. For a while, the website only had monthly plans. Or maybe, they are adding some friction in the hopes of getting some less careful shoppers to pay more.