My wife gets a 15% FAN discount and I was wondering how/where that discount it applied on these new ATT Mobile Shared Plans?
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How do the ATT FAN discounts apply on the Mobile Shared plans?
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That above is a racket. Absurd, FAN discount on shared data only?
My non-shared plan gets a FAN discount on everything.
We should ALL be happy the T-Mobile deal did not go through. All the major carriers collude as it is. If T-Mobile was gobbled up it would have been much worse.
It's actually working better for me since the FAN discount on our 700 Family plan of $60 and a discount of 15% for a total of a $9 discount which isn't much.
With the Mobile Share plans we can save
$10.50 on the $70/4gb plan
$13.50 on the $90/6gb plan
$18.00 on the $120/10gb plan
I'm starting to like the Mobile Share plans more since our discount is helping out a lot more than it did when we were on the 700 Family Plan, Unlimited Text, Unlimited Mobile to Mobile, Unlimited Data with a rate of about $160 bucks.
It seems we can get the 10gb plan and pay basically the same thing at $162 but gain TETHERING, UNLIMITED TALK, UNLIMITED TEXT/MMS. My wife and I have NEVER been over 1gb each EVER since the original iPhone came out. So I am very confident we will never get to the 10gb data limit. But it the extra data amount is good if I want to tether my MacBook Pro will on the road.
I'm starting to like these plans. At first I wasn't seeing any advantage but it's looking good now.
Posting info seems accurate.
The above posts seem accurate. Initially, I was given a lot of conflicting info by ATT. The shared data has several major advantages.
1. You can call landlines as part of the unlimited plan. A big plus.
2. ATT site says shared mobile will be needed to use Facetime over 3-4 G.
3. A biggie. We will have 3 phones. Very limited non Wi Fi data usage. If one user has a bigger than average month, say 800 mg on a 1 G plan, probably no overage on the mobile share plan. On the individual plan, there would be an extra $ 40 charge for data, assuming the $ 20, 300 mg plan for each user.
We are still on the family plan with 2 phones. Expect to add a third phone, and will probably go over to shared. Wanted a feature phone for the third phone. But $ 30 for a feature phone hurts. Besides a decent feature phone will be at least $ 100 out of pocket. They really went overboard on $ 30 for a feature phone. Only $ 10 if I don't switch.
The above posts seem accurate. Initially, I was given a lot of conflicting info by ATT. The shared data has several major advantages.
1. You can call landlines as part of the unlimited plan. A big plus.
2. ATT site says shared mobile will be needed to use Facetime over 3-4 G.
3. A biggie. We will have 3 phones. Very limited non Wi Fi data usage. If one user has a bigger than average month, say 800 mg on a 1 G plan, probably no overage on the mobile share plan. On the individual plan, there would be an extra $ 40 charge for data, assuming the $ 20, 300 mg plan for each user.
We are still on the family plan with 2 phones. Expect to add a third phone, and will probably go over to shared. Wanted a feature phone for the third phone. But $ 30 for a feature phone hurts. Besides a decent feature phone will be at least $ 100 out of pocket. They really went overboard on $ 30 for a feature phone. Only $ 10 if I don't switch.
I found that my AT&T bill was less with the standalone data plans.
My monthly bill with taxes for 5 iPhones, each with a 2GB Data plan, is about $210 on AT&T with a 15% fan discount. The discount doesn't apply to the $9.99 add-a-phone cost, but it applies to all data plans of $25 or more.
FamilyTalk Nation 700Min with Rollover ($51)
1st iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($21.25)
2nd iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
3rd iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
4th iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
5th iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
(Optional: Unlimited messaging and m2m calling on all phones for $30 extra. - no discount)
My monthly bill with taxes for 5 iPhones, each with a 2GB Data plan, is about $210 on AT&T with a 15% fan discount. The discount doesn't apply to the $9.99 add-a-phone cost, but it applies to all data plans of $25 or more.
FamilyTalk Nation 700Min with Rollover ($51)
1st iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($21.25)
2nd iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
3rd iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
4th iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
5th iPhone5 with 2GB Data ($9.99 + $21.25)
(Optional: Unlimited messaging and m2m calling on all phones for $30 extra. - no discount)
To those who have FAN Accounts:
There's no such thing as a FAN account that's the same for all companies that have service via AT&T.
Each FAN Account is negotiated by the individual corporations.
The discount amount, and which services it applies to, is subject to the agreement between AT&T and the corporation you work for. The more users, the deeper the discount.
Therefore what applies to some may not apply to you. AT&T has it on record when you call.
Hope this clarifies the issue.
There's no such thing as a FAN account that's the same for all companies that have service via AT&T.
Each FAN Account is negotiated by the individual corporations.
The discount amount, and which services it applies to, is subject to the agreement between AT&T and the corporation you work for. The more users, the deeper the discount.
Therefore what applies to some may not apply to you. AT&T has it on record when you call.
Hope this clarifies the issue.
With a shared data plan, the FAN discount only applies to the data portion (and not the primary line). ATT does not offer additional discounts to employers on shared data plans.
With traditional non-shared data plans, FAN discounts vary by employer.
Thank you everyone for this great thread. I learn something new every day on these forums.