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

[Neal Rhodes]

I couldn't make the Verizon Shared device dollar numbers work to my
advantage and got my wife a phone from ting.   So far it's just fine if
you consciously don't use the data size much.   (i.e. use wifi when
possible) 

I'm retaining my Verizon unlimited account for the time being until they
really piss me off.   But it's getting harder and harder to cost
justify. 

On Sun, 2013-07-14 at 18:08 -0500, Brian Mathis wrote:
> 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.
> 
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> 
> ❧ Brian Mathis
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> 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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