Your cheapest option given the current plans available is 3 lines on a More Everything Plan sharing 10GB of data and all 3 phones on Edge to get the $25/mo/line discount.
Verizon is offering a $150/line port-in bill credit, which for your 3 lines would amount to $450. I am not clear if that only applies if you buy the phones directly through Verizon or if you can buy anywhere. Call Verizon to check and see. Don't go into a corporate store or a VAR/kiosk and ask them as they are commission sales people and they will lie to get your business. Call 1-800-922-0204 and ask the customer care people. You may get transferred to telesales, so be careful if you do b/c they are commission sales people, too.
Also read the terms here:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/landingpages/switch-and-save/
Costco is offering a $150 Costo cash card for each new Verizon line. I don't know if that is in addition to the $150 port-in credit offered through Verizon. You would need to call the Costco wireless provider to ask. IIRC the Costco wireless provider offers Edge phones, too and they qualify for the $150 Costco cash cards but again, call and ask to make sure I am correct.
Also, you don't have to be a Costco member to go through the Costco wireless provider and IIRC you do not need to be a Costco member to use a Costco cash card at Costco. Double check by calling Costco to make sure, but I believe anyone with a Costco cash card can show the card and get into the warehouse and use it.
http://membershipwireless.com/
The only situation in which Edge makes financial sense is exactly the situation you would be in - a More Everything plan with 10GB or more of data. This is due to the $25/mo/line discount if you go with Edge.
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