[quote=@Veoline]
In Europe, or at least in France, you can have a perfectly standard subscription for less than 20€ (22$), and 45€ will get you a premium offer with unlimited everything. That's for cellphones. 
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In Ireland, we tend to use pay-as-you-go phones as opposed to subscriptions/contracts. Since nobody texts anymore (we go down to the local parish hall for socialisation), I can easily get away with putting £20 on my phone and only occasionally texting for a good month.