Cut the phone bill by 1/2 today and still keeping Netflix and Apple TV+.
I pay for my mother's phone service, which gets a big discount because under her name it is the 55 and over plan. Originally Magenta Max (their highest plan with all the bells and whistles), which was only 90 a month. But also had two internet accounts (25 + 30 = 55), which had us paying 145 a month. Because she wanted an iPhone and I did not want to drop nearly 1,000 bucks, I did the monthly payments of 34 a month, which brought the new monthly bill to 179 (we will say, 180 because there was some change).
That was 180 after the discount, because we were doing automatic payments, which I absolutely dislike. But T-Mobile wanted to raise the rates even more, per line, which brought it to roughly 190.
Well, this caused me to review everything. First I dropped 1 internet line, so minus 25 (because, of course, they picked the cheaper of the two). That upset me, so I decided to drop the plan to 55 Essentials for only 60 a month, and keep the 30 internet (90 total). Her iPhone will be paid off in 4 months (I may do it sooner), but in the meantime, that means it will be 124. They tell me there will be tax with this plan, so I figured 10 bucks for 134.
So we went from 190 to 134, saving me 54 bucks. But remember, that iPhone is about to be paid off, so subtract that 34 bucks and it will be only 100, and now I have saved 90 bucks.
90 extra dollars to play with and the agent was trying to tell me how we will lose Netflix and Apple TV+. 🙄
Well, if I subscribe to Netflix without T-Mobile, it will cost 7.99-17.99, depending if I want it with or without ads. I am uncertain if I want Apple TV+, as they don't typically have many things to offer ( they tend to keep canceling everything I want to watch and their navigation sucks inside a web browser). But if I decide to pay the 9.99 a month, I will only be spending between 117.99 - 127.98 to have everything I originally had with T-Mobile. So my final savings will be between 72.02-62.02. More if If I ultimately ditch Apple TV.
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