Hi there. I don't know if Verizon does this, but at least with AT&T and the mobile data share plan, you can turn off the data when someone exceeds what ever data you don't want them to go over. So if I have four phones on my plan and 4 GB of data per month, I would split it as one gigabyte per phone. That way if your teenagers use up there one gigabyte allotted amount watching Netflix and YouTube, then you can turn off their data so that you have some of your own. In fact what I have done is turned off the data for one or two days. It is truly amazing that when I was growing up I would get grounded from the TV for a week for certain things. Now I find that I'm telling my children they will be grounded from data for a week if they don't behave.
On Mar 7, 2013, at 4:48 PM, "Alan Paganelli" <[email protected]> wrote: > The share plan is great for your cell carrier because you have a shared 1 GB > etc between all your devices. If you have teenagers in that plan, they use > all the data and when you need it, you find yourself buying another block of > data. Even if you go over by so much as a meg, you get charged for another > chunk. In my case, it's 2 GB chunks. So if I go a meg over, I automatically > get charged 15 bucks for another 2 GB chunk because I'm not on a shared plan. > It's the only reason they want you to go that way. That having been said, > you may run into other charges as well. For example, if the second phone > isn't using enough data, you get hit with a non usage charge. Granted it's > only a buck or 2 but it is in that effort for your carrier to maximize > profits in an already tight market. > > Consumer Reports had an article on this very topic last month or the month > before that and it uses several kinds of situations to show how they maximize > profits for your carrier but in some situations it can help save. If it were > me, I'd lay hands on a back issue or two of CR and read it. It may be well > worth your time and trouble to locate it. If your a Bard user it won't be > hard to find it. > > HTH > > Alan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Traci > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:33 PM > Subject: Considering shrinking our data plan big time! > > Hi all, > > I need some data plan advice. Currently, we have 2 lines with VZW, mine > is still unlimited data, the other line has just been downgraded to 2gb data, > because of an upgrade. > > Well, to save some money, I'm considering revamping our plan, into one of > those share everything plans. The share 1gb of data, unlimited talk/text. I > did the account analysis over the last 6 Months, and if it is accurate, we > seldom use 20mb of data each Month. January, for some reason, each line > used 21mb of data. With this information, sharing 1gb shouldn't be a > hardship. > > Any thoughts here? Am I crazy to give up my unlimited data? > > How about those of you that use your iPhone as gps? I'm guessing that takes > up a lot of data. > > Lastly, doesn't VZW make it pretty easy to change our plan later on? Say if > we decide to go up to the 2gb plan. Don't worry, I know I won't get the > unlimited data back. :) > > Thanks for any guidance. If I am figuring this out correctly, it could be a > $25 savings each Month. > Traci > Come climb with me (in spirit) and please support The Leukemia & Lymphoma > Society with a donation. Our efforts will help make a big difference in the > fight against blood cancers. Learn more & donate here. Thank you. > http://www.llswa.org/site/TR/Events/BigClimb?px=1570735&pg=personal&fr_id=1250 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
