How do i get a 3 line family plan?

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Michelle102196 - 11 Mar 2006 22:37 GMT

My parents and I want 3 phones with a family plan with the 3 bills al
in
1 plan but searched online for phones but its just coming up to free
phones for family plans but i want 3 phones to 1 bill.

or if i want 3 different phones when i buy them online does the phon
need to have a family plan?

If i buy 3 different phones and buy like one ohone is a samsung
another 1 is Nokia, and another 1 is cingular phone does it all have t
have a family plan then, do i have to go to a store or call a compan
cingular, verizon and tell them i want to register these phones for
family plan all in 1 bill?

After i buy the 3 phones can i just go to the store where they hav
verizon or cingualar and register for a family plan and tell them t
activate the phones for me

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mc - 13 Mar 2006 00:27 GMT

From Cingular, just subscribe to a 2-phone family plan and add a third phone
for $9.99 a month.

> My parents and I want 3 phones with a family plan with the 3 bills all
> in
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> verizon or cingualar and register for a family plan and tell them to
> activate the phones for me?

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Jonathan Boswell - 13 Mar 2006 23:28 GMT

> From Cingular, just subscribe to a 2-phone family plan and add a third phone
> for $9.99 a month.

The problem with that approach is you will not get a very good deal (i.e.
free or cash-back) on your 3rd phone. I recently did this and got two free
RAZRs, but had to pay $200 for my wife's pink RAZR which I added later. I
should have purchased all 3 at once, and I would have gotten them all for
free.

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GomJabbar - 14 Mar 2006 04:58 GMT

Like MC said, you just add the third phone for $9.99/mo. AFAIK, you
can add lines to the family plan whenever you like. We just added a
fourth line to our family plan with T-Mobile.

One thing about your post I think I might have read (and I want to make
clear): you cannot have a family plan between carriers. All the phones
will have to be with the same carrier to qualify for the family plan.
You can purchase the phones anywhere you like - even on e-bay if you
want. Just make sure the phone you buy is not locked to a different
carrier (i.e. a Motorola RAZR locked to T-Mobile that you want to use
with Cingular). You can use an unlocked T-Mobile phone with Cingular
and vice versa. The other thing is that some carriers use different
technologies that are incompatible with other carriers (i.e., you can
never use a Cingular phone on Verizon service - whether unlocked or
not).

If you do buy a phone from a source other than Cingular or T-Mobile,
you will need a SIM chip to go with it (if the phone doesn't come with
one). You can get the SIM chip from the carrier. I've heard they are
supposed to cost $20 or so, but often times the carrier will give you
one for free.

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