The vega family has a cell phone plan that costs $85 per month including taxes and fees. the plan lets the 5 members of the vega family share 1,000 minutes of talk time per month and 400 text messages per month. any minutes over 1,000 cost $1 per minute, and any texts over 400 cost $2 per text. because of a family emergency, the family uses 1,050 minutes and 425 texts in march.