<prompt> Human: This should be real simple, an elementary age kid and one parent. Here is the ATT bill Every month, for the past 6 months, Ive contacted ATT to have them help me restructure my plan in order to keep my bills as low as possible.No matter what changes they encourage me to make, the bills never seem to get any lower. So, Im turning to Reddit for some help. Im open to any suggestions. My goal is to reduce this bill by half.EDIT 1: The 167 is the cost of my separate grandfathered phone line, not the cost of apps or music or anything. The amount of mobile purchases can be viewed on the upper right side of the bill. There is a charge for 9 and there is a credit for 25.- Should I switch carriers?- Perhaps move just one of us to another carrier?- Contact ATT again? Assistant: Get Tmobile or prepay. Get rid of a phone for your 11 year old. 11 year olds dont need an iphone.Human: Neither do adults if you want to be correct. But now adays you old fart, schools have apps to submit stuff and check things. Not to mention they have a phone to call mom or dad for a ride or whatever. Dumbass.Assistant: An 11 year old does not need a smart phone.Human: 100 she does. This is the only way she is able to use instagram, snapchat and youtube. Plus an iPhone provides the best option, with facetime, to video chat with her friends and relatives? Assistant: Im not even going to discuss the merits of your child needing instagram or snapchat--because Im of the mind that no child needs to be using social media in that way, let alone unsupervised. BUT ANYWAY...You can buy a 150 tablet, which would give her access to instagram, snapchat and youtube. She could use your iphone to facetime, or use Skype, which is I would consider to be just as good as facetime. All of these can be done over wifi. Your logic that she needs an iphone is a symptom of your bad prioritization. You cant afford for her to need an iphone. What you both need is to stop hemorrhaging money. Human: This thread is not about hemorrhaging money. Its about getting the value you expect from a mobile phone provider. As this sub regularly demonstrates, there are plenty of ways to get more out of the money you choose to spend. As far as keeping kids in the dark when it comes to the technologies of our time. I fully believe, the less sophisticated children are the ones who end up working for, and serving the needs of those who are more advanced.  <response>: I fully believe, the less sophisticated children are the ones who end up working for, and serving the needs of those who are more advanced.Apparently these advanced people cant figure out something as simple as why their phone bill is so high, so I wouldnt put much stock in that statement. 