need a second phone......2 plans 1 plan/2phones

What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?

thanks big time I need some ideas

sparks

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"sparks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
> Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
> some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
> I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
> get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
> add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
> what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?
>
> thanks big time I need some ideas
>
> sparks

Have you considered looking into a prepaid account through Virgin?

Bob

"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "sparks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
> > What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
> > Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
> > some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
> > I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
> > get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
> > add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
> > what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?
> >
> > thanks big time I need some ideas
> >
> > sparks
>
> Have you considered looking into a prepaid account through Virgin?
>
> Bob


Prepaid is too cubersome. You have to keep track of the time to replenish
the account and might cost more than a regular cell phone. If you have to go
with prepaid, Virgin is possibly among the best deal. I would consider
"add-a-phone" to the same account (you would get a separate phone #) if it
costs $10 a phone. AT&T and Cingular currently have that kinds of deal.

For $7 a month you could get an account with http://www.ecallplus.com/
Its prepaid. You have to consider adding a phone on your account could
totaly jack up your account forever, besides resetting your accounts
contract. Sprint reps are known for forever jacking things up with a "No
go back to your old plan" deal.

OR you could use an unactivated phone laying around. Just let em go to
operator credit card calling. So what if it is only 3 times a year

sparks wrote:

> What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
> Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
> some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
> I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
> get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
> add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
> what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?
>
> thanks big time I need some ideas
>
> sparks

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:06:55 GMT, sparks <[email protected]> wrote:

>What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
>Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
>some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
>I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
>get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
>add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
>what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?
>
>thanks big time I need some ideas
>
>sparks

Just buy another phone and add it on to your current plan for $20 /
month. I am not sure if you can add it on to a 400 minute plan
though, as they don't offer those plans any longer. I thought they
had a minimum requirement for add-a-phone to be the 500 minute plan.
That will put you to at least $65/month after the add-a-phone.



Tom Veldhouse

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:06:55 GMT, sparks <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
> >Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
> >some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
> >I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
> >get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
> >add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
> >what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?
> >
> >thanks big time I need some ideas
> >
> >sparks
>
> Just buy another phone and add it on to your current plan for $20 /
> month. I am not sure if you can add it on to a 400 minute plan
> though, as they don't offer those plans any longer. I thought they
> had a minimum requirement for add-a-phone to be the 500 minute plan.
> That will put you to at least $65/month after the add-a-phone.

That's why I mentioned the Virgin pre-pay option as it's more cost
effective, if they don't make a lot of calls.

Bob

sparks wrote:
> What is the best way. right now I have my parents living with me.
> Very old and don't use a phone much but they still want to get around
> some and I keep giving them my phone incase of emergencies.
> I am on a $29.99 fixed 400 min anytime plan.
> get a plan with 2 phones (is this the same number or 2 numbers)
> add another phone to this plan. (I never go over)
> what is the cheapest way to get 2 phones on sprint?
>
> thanks big time I need some ideas

SprintPCS family plans are expensive. When I got mine a few years
ago I was told the minimum family plan is $39.95 per month plus
$20 for each added phone. You can do much better by getting a
family plan from Cingular.

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John Richards