When you turn off cellular data and use wifi, do you still pay monthly?

Hi

If you use wifi, you are not using your cellular data, but your monthly plan would still be charged even if you don't use it.  That's why its a monthly plan rather than a prepaid contract, where you pay upfront, and when your balance runs out you stop getting service.
In that case Using Wifi would keep you from using your prepaid balance.
But again a Monthly contract is charged wether you use it or not for the specified amount of time. Usually for a Year sometimes more.

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