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TimothyB

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Jun 20, 2008
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I notice people suggesting adding a line when you are not eligible. I'm a bit confused on this. I should probably ask ATT this complicated plan questions, but if people here are suggesting it, then I figure some here have the answers.

If I currently have a normal phone at $40 a month (4 months away from upgrade), if I were to add a new line for a discounted iPhone, what are the final monthly rates?

I see the iPhone family plan is $130, but that's for two iPhones. What's the plan with one regular phone and one iPhone?

I take it I have to have at least some kind of family talk plan to have a 2nd line, right? Which are as low as $60 a month and includes includes two lines. Would an iPhone be included in that plan as one of the lines, plus $30 for the data, so $90 total a month for a regular phone and iphone with data?

Is this more trouble that it's worth for not being in a family plan already. And if it was $90, that's $20 more a month with an extra line I don't need. By the time I can cancel the old phone, it might just be a wash.

Also, anyone know when you can cancel a phone without ETF. Is it exactly when your 2 years are up, or when you become upgrade eligible? Or in 4 months I upgrade the old plan, as long as converting to family plan doesn't reset that, then sell the other iPhone from the new line making up for it's initial cost and paying off ETF. Unless again, if you convert to a family plan, there's no way to downgrade that to a single plan for 2 years.
 
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