What I'm thinking of doing is the following:
- Using Google Voice texting for free (putting most of my text use on this)
- Then using a Consumer Cellular plan
Consumer Cellular's plan requires a base voice plan for $10 a month. Then you can add a text plan on top of that.
The text plans they have are as follows:
- 100 messages 2.50/month
- 500 messages 5.00/month
- 1000 messages 10.00/month
- 2500 messages 20.00/month
- 5000 messages 30.00/month
I need something very inexpensive right now, so if I go with the basic, it would be $10/month for base voice plan (which I would not use), and 2.50 or 5.00 for 100-500 text messages a month.
So about $12.50-$15.00 a month plus tax.
You can buy a phone from Consumer Cellular or use your own phone that can take a SIM card.