My Verizon bill is ~$240/month and it covers:
4 flip phones (includes in-laws, who we put on our family plan)
1 smart phone
1 Ipad
1400 combined minutes, unlimited texts, 2 gb data for smart phone & ipad.
On the most recent bill, we talked a combined 3951 minutes, but since many of those are in the categories of mobile-to-mobile (other Verizon users), friends & family (I've been smart about putting all frequently called numbers on the list), and nights/weekends, only 866 of those are "chargeable" to the 1400. We've sometimes bumped up within 100-200 of the limit, but never gone over.
My math says that $240-60 (2x$30 data charge) divided by 3951 minutes is 4.5 cents/min. If we switched to, say, PAYG Tracphones, they charge $30 for 200 min, or .15/min.
We also get unlimited texts, and last month collectively sent 1200 texts.
Is this really a dreadful deal? Or are we doing ok?