I have ATT wireless. I used to pay $230/mon for my family plan, 2 unlimited data and 1 3GB data. I just called up ATT to get my bill down. They told me if I were to buy 3 LG smart phones for $99 each, but I could pay $3.99/mon ($12/mon for 3), then I could get their special $100/mon plan, which included 20 GB data to share, unlimited calls and texts, and unused data could be rolled from month to month. It included Mexico in the plan. The rep waived my activation fees and taxes also. Now my monthly bill will go down to $130.
The rep offered this plan to me when I threatened to move to another carrier.
To be clear, I am not going to switch to LG, I am still going to use iphone. I can sell those 3 LGs. With additional $12/mon payment for those phones, I am still ahead.
So you know that the rate plan offered was not exclusively tied to the LGs, just a condition of securing the rate plan?
Nice, oldfort. I need to do something similar.
The plan rate is to entice people to buy those LGs, but you can continue to use your existing devices. The plan is grandfathered even after those LGs are paid off, so you wonāt get increased in rate later.
I would also check with your company to see if they offer any corporate discount for phone services. I am going to get additioanl 20% off.
Got a great pair of flats (AGLāAttilio Giusti Leombruni) cap-toe, which arenāt usually in the $200-300 range at Nordstroms. Found a sale pair for $70. Think it is because I wear a large sizeā10.
And on Verizon if you out of the contract you can call them and get a reduced rate. I was able to get $100 off our monthly bill for 4 lines with 12 GB data.
How much is it per mon on Verizon?
Now we pay around $150 for 4 lines with 12GB data including 20% for corporate discount for my DH company affiliation.
^ Are you paying anything for the phones in that plan?
Currently my Verizon plan is $160/month for 4 phones and a tablet, with 16Gb of data. The phones are paid off though.
I live in a cell signal black hole, and the only carrier that has one or two bars at our house is ATT, so we are stuck. I just checked my phone data usage: 90 GB used since May 2014 when I reset the counter. Time to update for sure!
Speaking of phone plans, Iām intrigued by Googleās new one, Google fi. Anyone tried it? Actually cheaper than my virgin mobile deal which is $35/mo unlimited everything.
^^^Iāve got that Virgin Mobile deal, too, though the phone must be scrapped soon. One rep told me if I switch phones or change the number (each of which I have actually already done once, with a different rep!), or change something called the āeisā or something they kill the plan. Got to switch though, it is time for one more kid to have a cellphone as she visits colleges.
Great info on the corporate rate discount upthread. Will look into it.
It probably depends on the corporation, because Mr.'s corporate discount is only 5%.
My corporate discount only applies to the primary line, not to the entire bill.
Does Sprint/Virgin Mobile still throttle the network speed after 2.5GB of data?
Answering my own question - yes they throttle, which makes the āunlimited dataā part of the plan deceptive IMO. These plans would not work for us.
Verizon is required to allow their phones to be used as a hotspot for free, which is incredibly useful at times. Do other companies provide this for free or do you have to pay for it?
@ohiomom My husband set up and used Google fi , It takes some tech savey to get it working and has some bugs, so it is what he calls āearly adopterā phase. It worked great. He got it mostly for travel, trip to Italy. SOOOO nice to walk in and have your phone just work, including data. Getting data was a bit problematic so relying on it for maps for example is not a good idea (in Florence or Rome). But if you can over come the challenges, it is really worth it.
That said, when he got home, he went back to Verizon and just parked the fi phone. Which phone was the Galaxy 5 which was SUBSTANTIALLY discounted when bought at time of enrollment. Donāt know if they still do that.
Any chance we could,start a whole new thread about cell phone plansā¦which to me are NEVER a good buy!!
So it is writtenā¦
@OHMomof2, D15 has the Google Fi plan. We had to buy a google nexus phone for it but it was heavily discounted. It took some fiddling but she loves the plan and phone. I think last monthās bill was $20 because she didnāt use much data. If you donāt use the data, Project Fi will refund cost of the unused portion. She is careful to monitor her data use but being on campus means sheās usually on wifi.