Hi. My kid right now has a cell plan from Kajeet for $21.99 per month. She had it since October, but barely uses it. I just went through her usage from Oct and it was a total of 51 talk minutes and 437 txt in 5 months. For this I have paid $109.95 (5 months of $21.99). She has no data on her phone.
I want to switch her to something else that is cheaper and uses Sprint (so we don't have to get a new phone).
I looked at Ting, and at her current average usage it comes to $12+surcharges. But on month to month, some months she pushed into the next ting bracket for $14/mo. Still cheaper than current $21.99.
I'm trying to decide if switching her to Ting is the best choice or if there is anything else I should look at? I'd like for her to have the phone and be able to call me/husband/nanny if she is staying late at school or going to the friend's house.
I'm thinking that with Ting, we can reduce her txt number by having her use whatsapp or something similar, but without data, she can't txt from school using these apps. So at least some txting is desired.
What do you all suggest? Would Ting be the best choice here?
And also, for those who have Ting, how much are their surcharges on top of the bill amount?