If you need urgent support, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. To contact our Crisis Messenger (open 24/7) text THEMIX to 85258.
Read the community guidelines before posting ✨
Options
How Much Money Are You Spending On The Phone?
Former Member
Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Was wondering what the average spend is on the phone bill for everyone for:
a. Mobile
b. Landlines
for me
a. Mobile is zero for the last 4 years running cos I always seem to get a phone with cashback, i.e. for example this year I pay £30 a month and get a certain amount of free calls and SMS messages included but then each quarter get back a cashback of £90 (i.e. zero)
b. Landline - probabaly zero too, because I either use the mobile or make free calls over the internet using a headset- only thing we do pay for is BT's line rental for the ADSL.
I think our total household landline bill is like £2 to £3 a month and that's only cos my dad don't kow how to use the PC or Mobile phone .. lol.
We call abroad quite a bit but again just make free calls using the mobile phone and a special access number which for some reason is free (if you call before 6pm) which since the places we call are like 3 and 5 hours ahead of us is almost always the case anyway.
So what about the rest of you?
a. Mobile
b. Landlines
for me
a. Mobile is zero for the last 4 years running cos I always seem to get a phone with cashback, i.e. for example this year I pay £30 a month and get a certain amount of free calls and SMS messages included but then each quarter get back a cashback of £90 (i.e. zero)
b. Landline - probabaly zero too, because I either use the mobile or make free calls over the internet using a headset- only thing we do pay for is BT's line rental for the ADSL.
I think our total household landline bill is like £2 to £3 a month and that's only cos my dad don't kow how to use the PC or Mobile phone .. lol.
We call abroad quite a bit but again just make free calls using the mobile phone and a special access number which for some reason is free (if you call before 6pm) which since the places we call are like 3 and 5 hours ahead of us is almost always the case anyway.
So what about the rest of you?
0
Comments
I just bought a new moto so the credit will have to stretch for £5 a month.
mobile wise, im on o2 and have a £30 a month contract - although last month i recieved a text from o2 saying there was unusual usage on my phone and needed to ring them. phoned up to find that that month id spent £70. dont know how i managed that tbh.. although i generally do tend to send rather long text messages so that might be why.
my dad pays the bill for my phone so i dont know what o2 has done about my contract but i hope it has stayed at £30! i dont have a clue about these types of things..
in the past i've paid one £215 bill and them bills ranging from £70-130. that used to be the average. then i got it down to £25-35.
Stupid T-mobile with their extra taxes and their outrageously overpriced plans.
Not to mention their coverage and customer service suck saggy boobs :grump:
I never go over my free minutes or texts.
My mobile bill is normally around £50.
Probably don't help that I only know like one person on the same network, but PAYG suits me down to the ground.
That's crazy!!
£40 a month !!
My friend is on Virgin PAYG and calls abroad on it sometimes :eek2:
I have a Virgin PAYG SIM as wella nd it's my only constant number - otherwise get a new contract phone every year.
If you're spending that much you'd be way better off on a contract!!
It still shocks me how much people are willing to spend on their phones ... £40 a month is £480 a year, to me that's an extra holiday abroad.
:yes: It would probably work out quite a bit cheaper...
And I don't know how much I spend on the landline - parents pay for that.
You'll make someone a good wife one day .. :thumb: