My wife just has pre-pay and we have free calls between each other. Our total monthly bill is ~€20 per month.
The idea of paying $65 per month, per person is crazy. Is that a standard average cost?
Personally, I pay $30 a month to T-Mobile, no contract, I bring my own phone and I get unlimited data (5GB at LTE, speed throttled thereafter) and unlimited SMS with 100 minutes. It's possible to go cheaper if you're willing to give up data entirely through a number of MVNOs.
If you bring your own device, expect to pay $65/month for unlimited talking, unlimited messaging, and 1GB of data. Additional data usually costs around $5/250MB.
That's in 2015.
Call quality in poor signal (e.g. 2G) areas is terrible, but in urban areas with HSPA or LTE, it works great. I talk very little.
Look for the "flex-rate" plans that Rogers/Telus/etc offer. I sometimes pay as little as $5/mo if I don't use my phone, it scales with data usage.
Paid £130 for a Moto G handset.
My and most of my friends' monthly costs do not exceed 500 INR (~8 USD).