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.

Built for the long term. Priced for it too.

From $5/mo.

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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, Wi-Fi off.

from $5/mo

STEP 2

Wi-Fi Flip or
Simple BYOD

Already have an iPhone? Full Lockdown with Wi-Fi gets you here.

from $5/mo

STEP 3

Add
Slow Data

Maps and messages. No feeds.

from $10/mo

STEP 4

Smartphone +
Slow Data

Smartphone access with guardrails.

from $10/mo

STEP 5

Full  
Access

For 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

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

Wi-Fi Flip orSimple BYOD

AddSlow Data

Smartphone + Slow Data

Full Access