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Danny wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2p8c6tFi31k0U1@uni-berlin.de...
>>
>> "Danny" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2wxXc.12081$by6.4725@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
>>>
>>> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1093558495.497504@sj-nntpcache-3...
>>>> Danny wrote:
>>>>> Right now my dad's Verizon Wireless 2yr contract is about to end.
>>>>> He has the America's Choice Family Share plan. There are only 2
>>>>> lines on the plan with 400 minutes. He wants to stay with
>>>>> Verizon Wireless and keep the same phone numbers. It is free to
>>>>> do so in California, I think.
>>>>
>>>> You (your dad and the other line) will/can retain their phone
>>>> numbers as long as you maintain service with VZW. What is new is
>>>> that you
>>>> can even take those numbers with you if you switch to another cell
>>>> phone
>>>> service provider.
>>>>
>>>
>>> *****How would I go about moving my T-mobile numbers to Verizon
>>> wireless? I've never done it before, so I don't really know how.
>>> Do you have to wait for the contract to end or wait till the last
>>> month of your contract? Also, my dad wants to have new phones when
>>> he has the new plan, but he wants to keep his number.
>>>
>>>>> Anyways, I'm using T-Mobile right now and my contract ends
>>>>> in 3 months. Can we open another America's Choice Family plan and
>>>>> keep the same numbers for both lines and then upgrade the plan
>>>>> later on so we have more minutes and add 2 more lines?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. Your dad would simply add your line to his existing family
>>>> plan and increase the shared minutes (on the primary line). I
>>>> think there may be a limit of 4 lines in addition to the primary
>>>> line for a total of
>>>> 5 but I'm not sure that you can't go more.
>>>
>>> *****Yeah, we want 4 lines total. We only need 800 minutes on the
>>> America's choice plan. How about getting new phones for my mom and
>>> dad? Their phones are falling apart, they want new phones, but the
>>> same numbers. They want the freephones.
>>>>
>>>> Note: If you want you can retain the number you have now with
>>>> T-mobile. (I'm assuming that your T-mobile account is billed to an
>>>> address in the same
>>>> area as your dad's.)
>>>>
>>> *****How would I go about moving my number to Verizon? Do I wait
>>> for my contract to end or wait for the last month of the contract?
>>>> -Quick
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, my dad needs the America's choice plans. We only need about
>>>>> 800 minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Danny
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I would say, have your dad renew his contract (same numbers, and get
>> new phones, buy one get one free promo phones on shared plans is
>> perfect for that), then when your contract is up at t-mobile and you
>> are past the ETF/end of contract time at T-mobile, and are on Month
>> 2 month, at the same
>> time but before you port your number over, have you dad add two more
>> family
>> share lines (he can also do the buy one get one free so you have (2
>> before and 2 now) 4 new phones, change the shared minutes to 800,
>> and then port your t-mobile # to one of the new lines at verizon. He
>> will have to do a contract extension to get two more free phones
>> when he adds two more lines,
>> but he would have to do that for the in-network promo anyway. With
>> any luck,
>> they are currently doing a freebie where all shared lines can call
>> each other, *AND* all lines can call other verizon customers as
>> in-network too (used to be an extra $10 per line) You/he may be able
>> to glom on to that. Ummm you do still talk to your dad don't you?
>>
>> If you do it carefully and in the right order, everyone can get what
>> they want (including new phones), and no ETF's
>
> *****^^^^He would be able to go the the cellphone store that he
> orginally used to open his Verizonwireless account right? So I
> wouldn't be able to port my number over and add 2 lines and up the
> shared minutes at the same time? I would have to do it before
> porting my number? A contract extension is fine, we don't mind that
> at all. Yeah, we do want IN-Calling and night and weekend minutes.
> And of course I still talk to my dad.
I'm still in highschool so
> I'm still living with him. I take care of all the stuff though,
> since he doesn't understand English very well.
>
> ^Oops, I forgot to put reply to group instead of reply to sender at
> first.
You should be able to do everything you want to do in a single visit
since you have said your store handles both Verizon Wireless and
T-Mobile.
1) Wait until your T-mobile contract expires.
2) Tell the store you want to port your number to VZW
3) Add your line to your Dad's family share with your ported number
4) You will need a new phone since T-Mobile phones won't work on
the VZW network. You will be eligible for discount pricing.
5) If your Dad has had his VZW phone for 1 year or more he will
be eligible for discount pricing on a new phone.
5a) If your Dad has had his phone for 22 months, and was under
a 2 year contract he will be eligible for an additional $100 towards
a new phone ("New Any Two") IF he signs up for another 2 year
contract. *** Is this available at reseller's?***
6) If your Mom has had her phone for 11 months or more she will
be eligible for discount pricing on a new phone.
I'm assuming your Dad has the primary line on the family share plan.
His plan (primary line on a family share plan) is more than $39.95 which
is one of the conditions for the New Any Two incentive.
Your Mom's plan is a secondary line on a family share plan and is a
$20 plan which does not qualify for the New Any Two incentive.
Note: the New Any Two incentive is completely separate and in addition
to any discount pricing on phones.
If your Dad (or Mom, or you) get a discount price on a phone it doesn't
mean that you have to use it. I don't think this will make a difference in
your case since everybody will be eligible for discount pricing. In my case
we're all on a family share plan. My daughter needed a new phone but
wasn't eligible for the subsidized price yet. My wife was. We bought
a subsidized phone on my wife's plan (required a 1 year plan extension
for her) and activated it on my daughter's line.
Hopefully you deal with a good store and won't *have* to know any of
this.
-Quick
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