ELI5- what do cell phone companies actually do?

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I’m wondering what service are we actually paying for every month. What does it actually cost to provide data and how do they turn your services off if you don’t pay. Even before the internet was on phones, what did it cost them to provide us with minutes? I understand the phone companies provide the phones, tablets, etc but aside from that I don’t really get what they do that costs so much.

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If you are using a top US carrier besides what the others said you are also paying for the brand, “subsidies” on phones, and other bloated sales expenses of your carrier. If you switch to using unlocked phones you can use resellers that typically cost less. Check out /r/NoContract If you are a low data user you can get a plan that costs $10-20 a month.

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