- Nov 18, 2005
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Is it still possible to start a new plan, switching from an old family plan to a new plan on Verizon, but maintain subsidies? I know they currently offer The Verizon Plan... but they used to offer the More Everything plan that, correct me if I'm wrong, did still have subsidies, yes? But they offered the line discounts if you didn't use the subsidy or reached the end of the contract.
I'm trying to set my parents up with a plan that finally has unlimited voice and text, as right now it is a shared 700 minute plan and text packages are paid separately. My dad still uses a regular flip phone, but I figure a cheaper smart phone will do him good.
I can't remember what the More Everything plan cost though with subsidies, so it may be a moot point. And so far in my calculations for monthly prices, I haven't factored in any down payments for the monthly phone payments so that could help.
One last question: does the Employer Discounts only apply to the shared data package price? I see the 6GB $60/month turns into $48/month, but don't see any discounts applying to anything else when trying to shop for the plan.
Background:
Two events have made it likely that I will finally remove myself from a family plan shared with my parents.
1. I have a new job that is offering to either give me a work phone and thus carry around a second phone, or will pay for my phone. I carried around two phones previously... I don't think I really care to do it again.
2. Verizon has finally gone and done it: I once said that Verizon could only pry my unlimited data plan from my cold dead fingers, but they figured out how to get around that by raising the price of the grandfathered unlimited plans to $50 from $30 per month.
Oh hell no. I don't need unlimited that bad, as during an average month even with music streaming in my car, I don't routinely break 5GB, often not topping 3GB. And since work has an astounding amount of data on their plan (80GB for 10 or so people, they rarely ever use half I've been told), I can have room for the rare times... mostly when I am at field training for a few weeks without access to a network for my laptop, or just to waste time.
I'm trying to set my parents up with a plan that finally has unlimited voice and text, as right now it is a shared 700 minute plan and text packages are paid separately. My dad still uses a regular flip phone, but I figure a cheaper smart phone will do him good.
I can't remember what the More Everything plan cost though with subsidies, so it may be a moot point. And so far in my calculations for monthly prices, I haven't factored in any down payments for the monthly phone payments so that could help.
One last question: does the Employer Discounts only apply to the shared data package price? I see the 6GB $60/month turns into $48/month, but don't see any discounts applying to anything else when trying to shop for the plan.
Background:
Two events have made it likely that I will finally remove myself from a family plan shared with my parents.
1. I have a new job that is offering to either give me a work phone and thus carry around a second phone, or will pay for my phone. I carried around two phones previously... I don't think I really care to do it again.
2. Verizon has finally gone and done it: I once said that Verizon could only pry my unlimited data plan from my cold dead fingers, but they figured out how to get around that by raising the price of the grandfathered unlimited plans to $50 from $30 per month.
Oh hell no. I don't need unlimited that bad, as during an average month even with music streaming in my car, I don't routinely break 5GB, often not topping 3GB. And since work has an astounding amount of data on their plan (80GB for 10 or so people, they rarely ever use half I've been told), I can have room for the rare times... mostly when I am at field training for a few weeks without access to a network for my laptop, or just to waste time.
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