Mobile phone bills are, frankly, ridiculous. That is, they used to be until recently. The big carriers, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, all got away with charging astronomical rates for talk and text at first. There was no chance of lowering your bill without sacrificing coverage, much less using a coupon code in a tight month. Then gradually more carriers switched to unlimited talk and text, as they realized that data was the big money maker. But what has started shaking up the business model and allowing people to get mobile service for less is called an MVNO. MVNO stands for Mobile Virtual Network Operator, and they’re a smaller company that buys bandwidth from a big carrier, like Verizon, and turns around and resells it to you at a lower rate. Because an MVNO doesn’t have the overhead costs of building and maintaining towers, they’re able to buy and sell airtime with slimmer profit margins, and still remain viable.
One such MVNO is Tello.com – they run on the Sprint network, and are a pre-paid mobile company. The security of being a pre-paid network (knowing their bills won’t go unpaid) allows them to offer very competitive rates, like $29 for unlimited talk and text, and 1G data. Their plans go down all the way to a $5 monthly minimum, for people who need bare-bones services and are watching their nickles. You can bring your own phone, but they offer many affordable new and refurbished phones. And if you do a quick search on Tello coupon codes, you can make your plan for the month even thriftier!
The phones offered by Tello range from $29 refurbished flip phones all the way up to $649 iPhone 7s. If your existing phone is one of the ones compatible with their plan, you can certainly use it, but sometimes one of the most exciting parts about switching plans is changing over to a new phone. There are often coupon codes available for some of their phones, so check and see if the model you want can cost you a bit less.
If you’re paying more than $50 per line, you owe it to yourself to look into alternative phone companies like Tello, and find out if there are coupon codes that will help you save money on your plan. It’s your money – save it!