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My wife and I had to review our phone plans since she is increasingly using her phone for work and the minutes just aren't enough anymore (thankfully our bank of rollovers has kept us from overages). Our existing plan was for 3 lines, 700 shared minutes, 2 GB data plans per phone, and unlimited text. That runs about $180 before the discount I get through my job.
So, we were weighing our options. Knock it up to 1500 minutes or get a house phone. It'd all cost about the same extra. Then I looked at their family shared plans. I was very confused when I saw that the cost (before job discount) on the shared plan with unlimited call, text, and 10 GB of shared data would be $145 (+ taxes, fees, etc, of course). That made no sense. How could I be getting so much more for so much less? Surely there's a hidden per-line charge in there I'm overlooking. We decided to make a trip to their store to clear this up and weigh our options.
Well in a nutshell, I wasn't imagining things and there were no hidden extra charges. That plan normally runs $220 on-contract, but they are extending the off-contract pricing to anyone who signed a new contract prior to approximately mid-February (I forget the exact date). They have other data package tiers, but oddly enough, the 4GB plan (which would have been ok given our current usage) was the same price. There are increased discounts that kick in at that tier and above. I don't know how long this is good for, perhaps it's a limited time offer to promote it, but definitely check it out if you are on AT&T and qualify.
So, we were weighing our options. Knock it up to 1500 minutes or get a house phone. It'd all cost about the same extra. Then I looked at their family shared plans. I was very confused when I saw that the cost (before job discount) on the shared plan with unlimited call, text, and 10 GB of shared data would be $145 (+ taxes, fees, etc, of course). That made no sense. How could I be getting so much more for so much less? Surely there's a hidden per-line charge in there I'm overlooking. We decided to make a trip to their store to clear this up and weigh our options.
Well in a nutshell, I wasn't imagining things and there were no hidden extra charges. That plan normally runs $220 on-contract, but they are extending the off-contract pricing to anyone who signed a new contract prior to approximately mid-February (I forget the exact date). They have other data package tiers, but oddly enough, the 4GB plan (which would have been ok given our current usage) was the same price. There are increased discounts that kick in at that tier and above. I don't know how long this is good for, perhaps it's a limited time offer to promote it, but definitely check it out if you are on AT&T and qualify.