BYODSetup - eq telecom

Already gave them a smartphone?
You can still simplify it.

Turn the phone in your house into a starter phone.
Then build from there, one step at a time.

Already have one?
It's not too late

Maybe a hand-me-down landed in their hands before you felt ready. Maybe you said yes and immediately wished you could take it back. Most parents in this spot feel like they are choosing between two bad options: hand over the whole internet, or spend the next ten years playing defense with settings and surveillance.

We offer a simple effective solution.

We help you strip down the smartphone. It isn't locked down. It just becomes boring. Boring is the feature. A phone with two icons on the screen doesn't compete for attention.

Turn the Phone You Already Own Into a Starter Phone

There are two ways to do it. The full guide walks through both, on iPhone and Android. About fifteen minutes either way.

FULL LOCKDOWN

Calls and texts, nothing else on the screen. Wifi off for zero data, or on for internet at home. iPhone and iPad.

KEEP SOME APPS, WITH LIMITS

A few approved apps, on a schedule you set. iPhone and Android.

Strip it all the way down to talk and text and you can start at the $5/mo. tier, then add slow data as they’re ready for more.

From $5/mo.

Our simple kid friendly wireless plans are built for the long term. Priced for it too.

Our e-store is now open in UT, ID, AZ, FL, & OH!

If your phone supports eSIM, and most recent iPhones and Androids do, you scan a code and your line moves over in minutes. Keep your number. Keep your phone. Change only what the phone is built to do.

Phones and plans that grow with them

We also offer plans for younger kids, years of digital maturity, built one stage at a time, with parents in the driver's seat. Already have a smartphone? Our guide shows you how to configure it to match wherever your child is on this path

STEP 1

Talk & Text Only  Plan & Phone

Already own an iPhone? Full Lockdown gets you here too.

from $5/mo

STEP 2

Wi-Fi Flip or Simple BYOD

Already have an iPhone? Enable Wi-Fi on Full Lockdown.

from $5/mo

STEP 3

Add Slow Data

Enable maps and messages. Block social media and feeds.

from $10/mo

STEP 4

Smartphone + Slow Data

Smartphone access with guardrails.

from $10/mo

STEP 5

Full Access

More access when they're truly ready.

from $25/mo

Why we built this

I was a teenager once, and I remember how easily the door of communication between a kid and a parent can get shut and bolted. Not through some dramatic fight. Through one moment where a kid takes a risk to open up, and it doesn’t land, and they quietly decide not to try again.

That kind of openness takes years of small moments to build, and it can take just one to break. Teenagers are already hard to reach at exactly the age they need guidance most. Constantly looking over their shoulder with monitoring software doesn’t fix that. It builds another wall.

We built eq telecom to build a bridge instead. Age-appropriate independence, and a door kept open for the guidance they still need.

Peter, founder, eq telecom

Reviews from parents
who chose differently

Real families using eq telecom to introduce phones to their kids more gradually and safely.

What matters most is being able to have contact with my child. eq does that without all the extras.

junior plan parent

So far the service has been just as good as any other I've had. And it's month to month, no contract.

eq telecom customer

What matters most is being able to have contact with my child. eq does that without all the extras.

eq telecom parent

I’m a huge fan. This phone has been great so a home phone and for my kids to use at the park with friends. I love the price!

emily s.

Already gave them a smartphone? You can still simplify it.

Already have one? It's not too late

Turn the Phone You Already Own Into a Starter Phone

Phones and plans that grow with them​

Talk & Text Only Plan & Phone