> In fact, JD Power told CNBC that the average cell phone bill is now $144.
If you are on a typical american post-paid plan I guess that is what you get.
https://www.att.com/plans/wireless/
With signature program and multi line discount, I pay $40 per line excluding all taxes, and $45 per line including taxes for 4 lines. When I had 5 lines, it was $5 cheaper.
These days I go with post-tax/fee calculated provider costs (in my case, Visible (Verizon) at $45 for deprioritized service). So I guess some qualifying customers like yourself can manage that…
Maybe price discrimination, but only applies after fees?
1 line is $85 per line
2 lines is $75 per line
3 lines is $60 per line
4 lines is $50 per line
5 lines is $45 per line
and after that, you have to open a new ATT account and start at 1 line.
So I can see paying near $100 for an individual ATT line. It actually looks like Verizon is cheaper now? You can get 1 line for $65 per month plus tax for 3 years if you switch to Verizon (I cannot tell what the price is if you are already on Verizon).