Hi, you are correct and I suspect this is why AT&T did this. However when you are on contract and you have the chance to lower your monthly bill by $100 or more, than it really doesn't matter what T-Mobile is doing. Especially if you are not interested in switching.
--- Sent from Raul's rectangular glass - 832.554.7285 Please excuse any auto complete or dictation weirdness. > On Mar 10, 2014, at 9:29 PM, Kelly Pierce <kellyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <r...@raulgallegos.com> 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" <r...@raulgallegos.com >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> 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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