Welcome to Saving Money with Andrew! Smartphone plans are expensive, with the average American paying about $45 per month per line. A family of four can easily spend more than $1000/year on cellphone service. You should not pay this much. Today, three major wireless carriers (Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile) serve the US market. While T-Mobile is often (but not always) the cheapest major carrier, it still charges $45/month per line for its bare-bones single-user unlimited plan, before taxes and fees. Family plans almost always run well over $100/month. The big three carriers aggressively push “one size fits all” unlimited plans, with fairly high price points.
I use Consumer Cellular. Two lines sharing 500 minutes with data for one phone is $49 per month. The service uses AT&T towers so coverage is excellent. Customer service is award winning. We've been customers for at least 10 years.
Tmobile has introduced cheap mvno style plans directly called the 'Connect'. I WFH and $10 plan is plenty for me. https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans/connect
I use Consumer Cellular. Two lines sharing 500 minutes with data for one phone is $49 per month. The service uses AT&T towers so coverage is excellent. Customer service is award winning. We've been customers for at least 10 years.