20% of U.S. Mobile Phone Owners Pay More Per Month for Their Phone Service Than Groceries

Some 21 percent of U.S. adults using mobile phones say they pay more for their mobile phone service plan in a typical month than they do for groceries.

When asked which other typical expenses they spend less on their mobile phone service, 33 percent of respondents said water, gas and electric bills, 57 percent said their mobile bill was bigger than their cable TV bill, and 71 percent said their mobile service cost more than their Internet access service.


Nearly half (46 percent) of mobile phone owners surveyed pay $100 or more per month for their mobile phone service. Some13 percent pay $200 or more per month.

The survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of CouponCabin.com from September 4th to 6th, 2012 among 2,310 U.S. adults ages 18 and older.