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Slovakia, 300GB for 13 EUR/month, no texts and calls included. Those are 5 cents I think.
The carrier has an agreement with another one for coverage extension, but with official FUP of 20GB in that network.
This carrier however disregards that and instead allows up to 80GB, but for a few months after enabling 4G from that other carrier the FUP wasn't applied at all.

But it's not all sunshine and rainbows.

It operates on that other network like MVNO, and if your phone decides to stick there, which people report happens a lot, say hello to far lower FUP instead. The carrier's own network is also generally far slower.
I also found a little network issue (tested with 2 phones) where receiving calls are broken in a fairly specific scenario, but I don't know how to report that. To keep it short, if VoLTE isn't available, when switching from 2 of the 4G bands to one of the 2G bands, the call fails to connect after several long seconds of silence on caller end, and no notification of failed call attempt is sent.

I can work around both issues by selecting specific bands as needed manually, but that generally requires root and use of app like Network Signal Guru (inconvenient).
This allows me to decide whether I want more data amount, faster network speed, better outgoing call coverage, or higher chance of receiving a call. Yeah... their network sucks.

I also believe they break the EU roam like at home regulation:

Most plans only have half the data amount it seems they should have, but maybe I just calculated that wrong.
But this plan I have has... ZERO data for EU roaming.

2 x (price of mobile bundle excluding VAT / regulated maximum wholesale cap per GB) = data limit (in GB) when roaming

Hmmm... how does that give a zero.

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[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

9€/month, 100Go (5G), unlimited call and SMS. France.

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I feel like I'm missing out on something. I'm in Canada, unlimited texts, calls, etc. 225GB for two lines, $300 something/month. I feel like you are all in on some joke that I'm missing.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago

Canadian phone plans are insane. I'm on Roger's and they graciously allow me to "Roam like Home" for only 15/day in Europe... or I could buy a SIM card for five Euros that'll last me a fucking month.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

That seems really high, even for Canada.

Have you looked at any of the flanker brands, like Koodo, Fizz, Public Mobile?

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[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Unlimited texts, unlimited calls, 50GB data (music streaming is ignored), EU roaming, 5G for £10/month.

Also it’s crazy how much US and AU people are paying!

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bruh what all that for 10? I'm paying almost 6 times that amount 🤯🤯🤯

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Call your mobile provider (and be prepared to jump ship to a different provider) and ask to speak to their “Retentions” department or team. Every big provider has a team whose job it is to keep customers by basically throwing sweeteners at them.

It’s crazy how many services do this if you just call up, asking to cancel. Sky or Virgin (can’t remember which as I’ve not watched broadcast TV in a few years) gave me 3 months free every time I called to cancel.

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Keep in mind AUD is 0.51 GBP.

But yeah, still a lot.

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Aaah, thanks for the insight.

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've got 30GB + calls/texts for £8/month.

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not even gonna post numbers.

I'm Canadian.

Weep for me and my fellow citizens as we are robbed by our telco-oligarchs.

[–] Sneakyweasel90@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It actually makes me so sad seeing just how low everyone elses plans are. When i was in latvia for a bit, my cell phone plan was like 4€ for a month of unlimited everything. Canadians are getting railed in the butt for prices

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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

France here

  • 9.99€/ months for unlimited data, calls and SMS. I also have 35Go data and unlimited calls in around 110 countries when I'm traveling.
[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

circa 10€ for 10GB of data and unlimited calls, in Germany.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

$25 in the US for unlimited talk, text, and data, from Visible, as part of a party

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[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

USA. 4 lines with unlimited calls, text, and data. International calling and roaming throughout US, Canada & Mexico. Metered by the mjnute/megabyte for international (off-continent) travel. All in, $200 monthly.

(TMO, magenta plan which is now defunct)

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

3€ per month
2GB
Germany

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

10€/month 5G "unlimited" (350GB IIRC before throttling). I think texts/SMS are unlimited and calls too but I just don't know as I send like 10 texts per months and make two 5 minute calls.

European roaming(edit: actually it's 110 countries) is I think 35GB 4G for free every month.

It was 20€ with a special 10€/month offer for a year, but when I asked for my RIO code to change they offered it like forever for 10€ so I stayed.

France.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago

I pay for three subs:

  • For my spouse and I, two 15€/m, 200GB, unlimited SMS/calls. Without yearly contract.
  • 35/m for fibre Internet, unlimited + a landline (we don't use) + TV (we don't have one) ;)

This reminds me I wanted to look for cheaper alternatives since neither my spouse and I use data much on our phones. I subscribed to those at a time we had a lot of issue with our fibre Internet so we could still work using our phones as hotspots... and I forgot about it :/

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sim only. 6€, unlimited calls and sms, 6GB 4G data. Netherlands.

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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

UK; £10pm, SIM only, no contract, 20Gb data, unlimited calls/texts, some roaming included, not sure how much. They keep emailing me to say I should move to a £8pm plan because I never use all my data, but that's only 5Gb data and I don't want to run out in an emergency.

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Here in the UK, I'm currently on unlimited everything, calls, messages and data, for £18 per month.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Is it actually unlimited or some slow down after x amount?

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

Nope. Truly unlimited and I'm allowed to tether it as well. So when I'm in hotels away at work, it's my source of internet for my tablet and laptop.

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[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That is not bad. Who are you with? I've got 130gb data, unlimited calls and texts for £13/ month with EE SIM only.

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[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I've been with Mint Mobile USA for 7 years now.

Same $15/month, for a Prepaid 12 months plan for ~$180/year

Used to be 2GB of 4G now it's 5GB of 5G.

Technically unlimited throttled slow data, good enough for maps/email after.

If anyone uses my link it should be +$15 referral credit bonus.

Can upgrade at anytime in a cycle, but can't downgrade, or also extra data buckets available.

End shilling

Also Ryan mails me an Xmas card every year ❤️.

They sent me a silly email today actually but hey...whatevs.

Copper is the traditional 7th-anniversary gift. Which makes sense considering 7 years ago you embarked on this wireless journey with us, saving tons of lucky pennies along the way. If you want to take a scroll down memory lane, we’ve compiled this year’s stats in your 7th Year in Review below. Keep being the awesome human you are, and we’ll keep things running in Mint-condition.

We’re lucky to have you,

Mint Fox

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

JMP.chat

$5 per Gig, $0.0087 per voice minute (Yes, that's about 1¢/min).

Unlimited text, but what's really great is they pipe all SMS into XMPP/Jabber. So I use an XMPP/Jabber app on any device to use SMS.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

About $30/month in the US. Unlimited data. Unlimited texting. Free long distance

[–] Pleat1752@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I live in Peru.

I pay 10 PEN ($2.70) and get:

  • 10 GB data (plus calls and SMS) only valid for 7 days. This is "free" and does not discount my credit.
  • Once the 10 GB are up I pay 5 PEN for 24 h of UNLIMITED GB (Yes, I can tether too!)
  • Once the 24h are up I do this again with the remaining 5 PEN
  • Therefore on weekends I get unlimited internet.
  • My speed is around 18 Mbps (2.25 MBps)
  • I do not pay for home internet and simply tether to my laptop.

So it all works out at paying around $10 a month for unlimited internet (as long as I download the big things on weekends!)

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

American, AT&T Prepaid 2gb data, think unlimited texting/calling, $30 a month. Mostly 4g lte, but I also can get 5g e.

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Too much, not enough, Canada.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am lucky enough to have never had a cell phone bill to this day. I got my first real job in 2006, and before that, I lived with my parents and just used their flip phone when going out. I will say I was a little late, but for the most part nobody in my generation used cell phones except to actually get in touch with someone and that's it. Once at my job, I was handed a phone and number to use through the company. Since I was in IT, we basically controlled the phones and didn't care if it was used personally. I am still with the same company today, but there have been changes and got scary so now I just purchased an android phone, signed up for Google voice to give myself a free number and use wifi for everything else. When I leave the house I have the company phone turn on Hotspot and my personal connects to it, so it's basically like having everything a provider offers without a bill.

The single issue I have is that some services do not consider Google voice number a legit line so I can't use the number for sign-ups or mfa on like 15% of the accounts I use. Apple, and battle.net are 2 off the top of my head.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

$10/m redpocket.com, US. 1gb/m 5g data plus some big amount of voice+sms. This is way more than I need. They have smaller plans too.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I pay €90 a month for a package that includes:

  • 1 mobile number with unlimited data, sms and some ridiculous amount of minutes of calls I never use
  • 1 mobile number with all of the same except data limited to 30GB
  • Home internet with 1GB optic fiber and unlimited data
  • TV with hundred channels or so

I think if I wanted to get just the phone line it would be something like €10 a month for the unlimited data one. This is in Spain.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

In the US. Google Fi simply unlimited plan.

  • $40/mo per line for 2 lines
  • Unlimited texts/minutes
  • 35 GB before it starts throttling data to 256Kbps
  • Works in all of North America.
  • I usually pay an extra $15 per line while I'm traveling out of NA to get nearly the same service abroad.
[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sweden, cca 50eur/month. Unlimited 5G with free calls and text, 50gb within EU+ some other countries outside, free data sim (in my home modem), up to 4 extra data sim cards for 1.75eur/month.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

UK, £8 a month for 12Gb, unlimited calls and texts, Europe and US roaming included. However, the speed of the roaming just is garbage, completely useless for anything other than text only IMs. If you pay the daily premium, it suddenly improves to useful speed.

Roaming anywhere else is expensive enough to bankrupt a billionaire, something like 50p a Mb, yes Mb not Gb. And that's on top of a daily roaming charge that's mandatory in those regions.

Normally I just pick up a local sim when abroad as the roaming is just garbage.

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

US.

RedPocket, $20 bucks a month.

Unlimited Texts

Unlimited Calls/Minutes

10 GB data

(10$ toward Intl. Calls)

4G LTE / 5G

They're an MVNO that somehow utilizes the Verizon, T Mobile, and AT&T network at the same time.

Physical or ESim card options, but if you go with physical, its mailed to you (free shipping 7-10 days), after ordering entirely online without having to go anywhere or talk to anyone.

Will give you a new number or migrate your old one, whichever you want.

With the physical card, you can pop it in to a different carrier-unlocked phone, input the IMEI to an online activation and you're good to go in 10 minutes.

No costs or restrictions with that, from RedPocket's end.

Best mobile phone plan I can find if you don't care about data caps because you've got home internet and don't do hugely data intensive things away from wifi.

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[–] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Canada - Telus/Koodo

$40 CAD/mo

70Gb up/down/mo

Unlimited calls and texts in Canada, voicemail, call control, and free international sms

4G LTE but often connect to LTE+

Average speed test 180 Mbps up/down

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

US, Cricket, $160/month for five lines

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm on Google Fi in the US. $50/mo for 3 lines with unlimited calling/texting, and $10/GB of data, with charges capping at 12 GB (data isn't limited to 12 GB, they just stop charging you after 12 GB; this threshold depends on the number of lines on the account - more lines results in a higher pricing cap). I'm on wifi 99.99% of the time so it's generally pretty rare that I use more than a single GB across all 3 lines.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

American. Tello. $15 for 5GB. T-Mobile network.

I barely stream unless it's transcoded by Spotify or Jellyfin and mostly use my data for browsing. I rarely ever hit my limit. Cheap and works for me.

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[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Finland.

19€/month for unlimited everything.

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

25€ a month, unlimited 200MBps internet, calls and texts. Includes roaming in the whole EU.

[–] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I am grandfathered into a Verizon (USA) plan from the time the FCC disallowed caps in exchange for 700MHz spectrum. I used 365GB of data in the first week of this month.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

About 10 euro for 12GB

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