Two phones on one plan or two plans?

I have been trying to figure out whether its better to get two phones
under the same plan or two plans? I figure most of the talk time will be
between the two phones so the unlimited pcs to pcs should do it good but
thought I would see what everybody else thinkks.

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Two plans would cost at least $70. A plan with Add-a-Phone would
cost at least $65. What is important is how many non SPCS to SPCS
minutes would each phone use and the total of those minutes.

Christopher wrote:

> I have been trying to figure out whether its better to get two phones
> under the same plan or two plans? I figure most of the talk time will be
> between the two phones so the unlimited pcs to pcs should do it good but
> thought I would see what everybody else thinkks.
>
>

"Christopher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have been trying to figure out whether its better to get two phones
> under the same plan or two plans? I figure most of the talk time will be
> between the two phones so the unlimited pcs to pcs should do it good but
> thought I would see what everybody else thinkks.

Jerome brings up some good points, but his math is off a touch. The question
is, how and what type of usage is needed. How many minutes are expected to
be used on each phone, other than PCS2PCS?

As it stands now, going with the two plans on the minimum minute option of
300 minutes, it costs $35 + $5 for PCS2PCS for a total of $40 for each plan
before taxes, for a total of $80 plus tax etc for both phones. Add the $36
one time activation fee for the new phone.

With the add a phone option, which can be applied to the $45/mo. plan W/ AT
500 minutes or $50/mo. W/700 AT minutes, all one does is spend an additional
$20/mo. plus the $5/mo. PCS2PCS option (which is applied to the account and
not to each phone on the account as a separate charge). Then there is the
$36 one time activation fee, so it's cheaper to do the add a phone option.

Bob

I am considering the same thing - one account with two phones, versus two
separate accounts. It's pretty easy to look at the plans and determine the
primary costs, but what I don't know is how all the taxes and fees would add
up (which is considerable). Are they applied "per phone", or "per account"?
With fees & taxes between $10 - $20, this could make all the difference.
Does anybody know how that works?

Thanks
Kevin




"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Christopher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:t%[email protected]...
> > I have been trying to figure out whether its better to get two phones
> > under the same plan or two plans? I figure most of the talk time will
be
> > between the two phones so the unlimited pcs to pcs should do it good but
> > thought I would see what everybody else thinkks.
>
> Jerome brings up some good points, but his math is off a touch. The
question
> is, how and what type of usage is needed. How many minutes are expected to
> be used on each phone, other than PCS2PCS?
>
> As it stands now, going with the two plans on the minimum minute option of
> 300 minutes, it costs $35 + $5 for PCS2PCS for a total of $40 for each
plan
> before taxes, for a total of $80 plus tax etc for both phones. Add the $36
> one time activation fee for the new phone.
>
> With the add a phone option, which can be applied to the $45/mo. plan W/
AT
> 500 minutes or $50/mo. W/700 AT minutes, all one does is spend an
additional
> $20/mo. plus the $5/mo. PCS2PCS option (which is applied to the account
and
> not to each phone on the account as a separate charge). Then there is the
> $36 one time activation fee, so it's cheaper to do the add a phone option.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>

"Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I am considering the same thing - one account with two phones, versus two
> separate accounts. It's pretty easy to look at the plans and determine the
> primary costs, but what I don't know is how all the taxes and fees would
add
> up (which is considerable). Are they applied "per phone", or "per
account"?
> With fees & taxes between $10 - $20, this could make all the difference.
> Does anybody know how that works?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin

On the taxes, most of them are based on a % of the expense of the plan.
Surcharges can be too, or on a per phone basis, like WLNP @ $1.10/phone per
month.

Shouldn't be a big difference either way.

Bob