Cell Phone Family Plans
There are so many cell phone family plans being offered. We as consumers are typically overwhelmed by the choice out there for us. An educated consumer is value shopper, someone who wants to get the most of their money. With the economy the way it is right now, it even more important for us to save where we can. Most families have multiple cell phones in use and in some cases multiple plans for one reason or another.
Aren’t all plans basically the same? Let me tell you that that is not the case. Even though they are quite similar in the way the are presented to you, they are very different once you look further into what is being offered.
The most important thing that people tend to overlook when they search for a cell phone is service. I’m not talking about when you go into their store or on the phone with one of their representatives, I’m referring to the quality of the connection. Depending on where you live in the United States, one wireless phone company may have better service in that area. In the more rural areas is where you will notice it. If you’re in New York City you might not even notice a difference in any one of the companies since there are so many towers on top of those skyscrapers. When I’ve traveled across the country, I’ve experienced dropped calls depending on where I was at while my friend or co-worker still had no problem with his service.
Before you go ahead and buy into a contract with a wireless provider you need to ask you neighbors, co-workers or even people in your area that are using cell phones how is their service from the company that they are with. You may be surprised to find out that in some cases that they smaller guy is the one you may have to go with.
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Cell Phone Family Plans: AT&T
One of the companies that I’ve used over the last ten years is AT&T. Their cell phone family plans are well structured like any one of the other wireless service providers. Their plan is called the Family Talk Plan. The plan has eight different levels. The first plan gives you 550 anytime minutes that cost $59.99 for two phones and allows you to add one more for $9.99. I know you are probably saying right now “My kid can use up that many minutes in a week, how can that last a month for three phones? i would agree with you on that, but that’s why they offer so many other levels.
The next plan that they have is for $69.99 of the first two lines with 700 anytime minutes. You can add up to five lines on this plan. With all these plans that AT&T offers, you are not charged for minutes that are used with any other AT&T wireless customer even if they are not within your family plan.
Their plans continue to go up inclemently until you get to their top of the line family plan which offers you unlimited minutes, unlimited everything for the starting price of $199.99 for two lines and for each additional line is $99.99. Yes, these prices are per month, so if you have a family of five this plan is definitely not for you unless you think paying $500 per month for cell phone service is no problem.
AT&T Family Talk Plan also offers something that may help you if you live in an area that AT&T provides landline service. The plan plan is called their “Unity Plan”. The plan is designed to let you set up your cell phone plan to allow you to call landline phone numbers. The plans start at $69.99 for 700 minutes with two lines and you can add up to three more lines for additional $9.99 for each of them. Tags: AT&T, cell phone, Cell Phone Family Plans, cell phone service, Wireless Phone Service, wireless service providers
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Cell Phone Family Plans: T-Mobile
Like I’ve written in an earlier post in regards to different wireless companies the offer cell phone family plans, there’s not much difference among them when it comes to what they have to offer you and your family.
T-Mobile is one of those that basically copy the rest of the pack. Actually they look like they follow AT&T more than any other wireless company out there. The offer many different plans as well as their Unlimited prepaid plans. They even offer where you can pay by the day and get unlimited calls between the hours of 7am-7pm.
They offer 5 different levels of their “Family Time” plans. The first one is called the Family Time Basic, which says it all. This plan has 700 whenever minutes with unlimited nights and weekends for two phones for $59.99. You can add up to three additional lines for this plan for $9.99 for each line.
The next level for their plans is the “Family TIme” plan. The plan comes with 1000 whenever minutes starting at $69.99 per month for two lines and again you can add up to three extra lines.
The “Family Time Plus” plan gives you 2000 whenever minutes for the price of $99.99 per month for the two lines.
“Family Time Ultra” plan steps up to give you 3000 whenever minutes along for the sticker price of $149.99 for two lines. All of these plans come with the nationwide T-mobile to T-mobile calling
Their last plan that they offer is the “Family Time Unlimited “plan. The plan’s name basically says it all. Everything that T-Mobile has to offer is given to you unlimited. What the plan also offers at no extra charge is what they call “MY Faves” minutes. With the other plans you can choose to have five of your most called numbers as your “Faves” (favorites) for a small additional fee, but with the unlimited plan, it’s included in the plan. Check out T-Mobile when shopping for the cheapest cell phone plans.
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