[ale] fyi - cheaper way to add a smart phone to verizon account

[Brian Mathis]

I was looking into Share Everything for my parents, and after running the
numbers (and seeing other comments online), those plans are only designed
to get more money out of you.  It might be worth it for a family of four
where everyone has their own phone and some members use a lot while others
don't, but for one or two people, it just didn't seem to make sense.



❧ Brian Mathis


On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> This message is for those of you, if any, who have verizon and don't have
> any smart phones on your plan.  I have an old family share plan with two
> dumb phones, 750 shared minutes, and 250 text messages on one phone.  I
> talked to a verizon rep yesterday to see what my smartphone options are.
>
> For purposes of this discussion, I'm talking about bringing my own used
> device rather than buying one from verizon.
>
> One option they rave about is the share everything unlimited plan.  For
> this, the dumb phone costs $ 30 / mo, the smart phone costs $ 40 / mo, and
> the 2 GB (used to be 3) data plan costs $ 60 / mo.  So, that totals to $
> 130 / mo.
>
> However, the rep said I could actually keep my old plan, which costs $ 75
> / mo, and add a smart phone for $ 30 / mo.  So, that only adds up to $ 105
> / mo.  So, while I would not have unlimited minutes and texts, and would
> still have 2 GB of data, that's $ 25 / mo cheaper.  I don't know if I'll do
> this, since I can still use my tablet at wifi hotspots.  But, I thought I'd
> pass it along.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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