the AT&T offering is not a big value when it is compared to the $30 a month one can spend at T-Mobile or ting for the same service. See my article on AppleVis for iPhone solutions on the cheap. It certainly is cheaper, but it doesn't reach the deep discount levels.
Kelly On 3/10/14, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, at first I wasn't sure what the new plans would mean for new lines > or hardware. However I have now confirmed that the $15 per line per > month is only valid on existing lines. If you add a new line and you get > the phone through AT&T, then the cost for that line on the data share is > $40 per month. However if you bring your own device, like if you > purchase the phone from another place, not AT&T, then you can get it > added for $15 per month. It's like the goal here is to make money off > the phones, rather than the minustes like before. No matter how great > pricing plans are, there are always gotchas. I was able to successfully > change over my 5-line phone plan to this new pricing and save about $100 > per month. However I might as well put that $100 in the bank to save up > for the next time I want to upgrade a new phone because it will cost me > less to buy it separately through Amazon or some 3rd-party place. I > won't do the next program since that is even more of a cost. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Whenever I'm feeling sad, I just remember that somewhere in this world > there is an idiot pulling a door that clearly says "PUSH". - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > > On 3/5/2014 9:01 AM, Vicky Collins wrote: >> Does one lose anything by switching from the original Mobile Share to >> one of the Value Plans? In my particular case, I still have my iPhone >> 4s, am out of contract and have a 4GB original Mobile Share plan. I got >> the plan to use FaceTime over 3G, as well as for the Mobile HotSpot >> feature. I keep talking about getting an iPhone 5S; but, well, what >> with all my other family members still having the 4S, I just haven't yet >> been able to justify the purchase for myself. >> >> Also, although I could be wrong; but, when reading their information, >> AT&T seemed to be saying that folks would need to either pay full price >> for their phone, or go on one of the Next plans, or bring their own >> device to retain the discounted pricing. Thus, this would almost seem >> to imply that, should someone want to go back to having a phone >> subsidized, they would be able to do so but at the higher price. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date sent: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:43:43 -0600 >> Subject: Re: AT&T Mobile Share Value Plans - Worth Checking Out >> >> I saved over $100 on mine per month. So yeah, it's worth checking into >> if you are on AT&T. Their latest pricing plans AI think are made to >> compete against T-Mobile. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> Dear Smartphone, Do you realize that blinking every 5 seconds and >> reminding me once a minute to charge you will only make you die quicker? >> - Sheldon Cooper >> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >> >> On 3/1/2014 1:49 PM, Alan Lemly wrote: >> I apologize for what seems like an advertisement but I'm just hoping to >> save someone on the list a few bucks. With all the ads I've been seeing >> from AT&T about their Mobile Share Value plans, I thought I'd call to >> see if they might save me some money versus my current AT&T wireless >> plan. >> >> I ended up saving at least $25 a month and went from 450 minutes of talk >> time to unlimited minutes. I'll still be getting the same amount of data >> and the unlimited texting I already receive. 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