No, just $45 per month per phone for unlimited stuff. Sharing stuff always got me a bill for overages...
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Parents... best phone plan for kids?
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No, just $45 per month per phone for unlimited stuff. Sharing stuff always got me a bill for overages...
No sure but at 45 a month it was cheaper than the family plan I had.
The best part about ST is if you take the phone away you're not tied to a contract - the most you lose is the $45 you paid for that month. I'll never be under contract to a cell provider again...
Certainly not scientific research, but I've found that even with all the fancy advertising and great "family plans" they still end up costing more then individual ST phones, especially when you start adding those data packages for everyone to share. And if you already have an old AT&T phone you just buy the sim card, change the apn settings, and off you go.
Get a plan with a company that can actually track the phone using towers or any other means. I had a friend several years back that when his son went missing it turned out that Sprint was not able to do that. Sprint was the provider for the kid's phone. In my opinion a child only needs a cell phone to call 911 or call home in an emergency and that's all.
Get the cheapest phone and plan for your child. Having gone thru two children with phones and still have one on the payroll, you will not believe what they will do. Texting is all kids do these days. I try and call my kids and they will not answer. Send them a text and they respond right back. Any contract phone will have insurance for the phone with an inexpensive monthly premium but generally a $150 to $175 deductible for a replacement. Trust me, they will tear up a phone, even with an expensive "protective" case. They will stream YouTube videos or other internet content and run your data charges up. Recently, AT&T stopped limiting data with parental controls (you can still limit times, calls, purchases, etc), because they were losing too much revenue. Proceed at your own risk!!!!!!!
I agree with something along these lines. Whatever you get him I would highly recommend a filter for the internet. If I had a smartphone with internet when I was 12y.o., porn would be very tempting.
Did they at least give you a courtesy lick or wine and dine you? Sprint is 60/ line u limited data, text, and calls. 11/month for insurance with a 100 deductible for my s5.
