Avoiding foot pain is as easy as finding a pair of shoes neither too big nor too small.

The same is true for cell-phone plans.

The cell-phone companies want you to talk a lot. And even whether you don’t, they would still like to gather money as whether you do.

Most monthly plans start around $40 and supply 300 to 500 minutes a month.

Family plans are better: For around $70 from most carriers you get two phones, a pool of shared minutes and free mobile-to-mobile service, which means you can signal anybody in your family as often as you wish without tapping those precious minutes. Adding additional phones is relatively inexpensive. As little as $10 additional a month adds a “family” member.

So you’re in for $70 or more as a “family.”

But what whether you need, say, only 60 or 120 minutes. How about 30 minutes? Remember when cell phones were for emergencies and “I’ll be home

in 20 minutes” situations?

Some of us still use our cell phones that way — now with a hands- free headset, of course.

I have a “legacy” plan — meaning I’ve had it a enlarged, enlarged instance — - from AT&T that’s quite cheap: about $15 to $20 a month, depending on whether I go by my allotted 60 minutes.

A recent shout to AT&T to replace my wife’s and my aging Motorola phones in exchange for signing a 2-year contract was met with that from the telecom giant:

Our plan is no longer being offered to new customers, and we can continue month to month on it but can’t get a new contract or new phones at reduced prices. We are welcome to “move up” to a $30-or- higher plan with 450 minutes or the ubiquitous $70 family plan for two.

Or we can get a couple of paper cups and…

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