With the Affordable Connectivity Program ending, we look at the cheapest wireless plans available at the wireless providers we're tracking to help you keep your mobile costs down.

It's entirely possible to pay less than $20 for smartphone service, but trade-offs are required. Over the past few years, a large crop of cell phone companies have popped up promising far cheaper ...

The best cheap cell phone plans can take a bite out of rising prices by locking in your monthly spending on wireless phone service at a low rate.

If you've been shocked by a cell-phone bill, you're not alone. One in five people got an unexpectedly high bill in the past year, according to consumer reports' just-released cell-phone survey.

Whether you need just a few voice minutes or gobs of cheap data, choosing a cheap cell phone plan through an alternative carrier—aka mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)—lets you stay on ...

The Best Cheap Cell Phone Plans of 2025 Want the cheapest cell phone plan that still fits your phone service needs? Check out these prepaid and postpaid options, plus what users have to say.

Through extensive testing, we've selected the best cheap cell phone plans with affordable, dependable coverage and enough data for various use cases.

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Finding cheap cell-phone plans appeals to me in the same way some people get into extreme couponing. I’ve been pretty happy using Project Fi, Google’s cell-phone-service plan that piggybacks ...

And given the tremendous economic possibilities for mobile payment systems to create economic growth, perhaps the most basic, cheapest cell phone might make it the world's most useful.

TextNow offers cheap refurbished Android phones with no contract A lot of people have "cut the cord" and cancelled their landslides in favor of mobile or voice over IP (VOIP) phone service. Now ...

Shopping for cell phone plans can be complicated when companies advertise confusing rates or hide some options altogether. To save yourself some hassle, these are the absolute cheapest cell phone ...