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ricktat

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If you are on a grandfathered unlimited plan and are happy with your plan... DO NOT DO NEXT... DO SUBSIDY

If you are on a Mobileshare Family plan

Do NEXT or Buy Outright..... DO NOT DO SUBSIDY

If you have been enjoying a $25 per month savings on your bill... Your bill will go up unless you buy the phone outright.... Either by Next payments or $25 discount going away because you picked the subsidy.

Stop making this so hard. Don't cry to AT&T. Most of us did this a year ago.
 
If you use tethering, mobile share includes it for all lines, whereas it costs over $50 a month per line I believe to have it on the "unlimited" plan.
 
Thank you!

One caveat is if a person has had a phantom line for the purpose of upgrading every year, they will be stuck on a two year contract next year with an unnecessary phantom line if AT&T does away with subsidized phones. That being said, paying the ETF is cheaper than buying a new iPhone 6s 128 gig
 
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