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I have a legacy pay-as-you go plan that requires a minimum of $10 a year but any text or phone calls you make use up your balance. A big draw back is there is no way to get data on this plan. I've had it for years and it's served me quite well. Lately however, I've been in a bunch of group texts (which is a good thing. I've been feeling very isolated, so I'm very happy to be included) but it means that I've put about $100 into my phone this year, which is nearing some of the most basic $15/month plans in cost and data on my phone would be a huge win now that the new car has android auto and I could voice respond to messages.

Mint Mobile has a $2 7-day trial that I picked up at a brick and mortar. I got my old broken phone out and put the sim in there. There is a new number for the trial, but I'm not really caring about testing texts or calls, since Mint uses T-mobile, which is where my account is right now. In the next 7 days, I do have to test if I want to take the plunge because once I move my number from the legacy plan, I cannot have the plan back. I'll be carrying around both phones for the 7-days of the trial.

If you have any suggestions on tests I should run, let me know. The trial only has 250MB, so I can't go completely ham* on data testing.

* Today I learned that "going ham" is an acronym that includes swearing.
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I don't use my cell phone much, but I do use it. I like knowing I can use it if I need to. But I'm not sure if I use it enough to warrent the ~$300 a year in service fees I pay. I might try to switch to a pay-as-you-go, but I'm not sure that would work with my phone, plus I don't really understand the details.

Perhaps that's my answer, I should go understand the details.

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