Family plan with Moto Q - Motorola Q Forum

Liebo11 · 10-17-2006, 06:07 AM

Currently I have the 109.99 plan for the family plan with 3 lines on it so it turns out to be about 180 bucks a month. Basically what i wanna know is if i get the motorola Q will it just be like adding 45 extra bucks per month to my phone? I'm a little confused because on the site it says its 79.99 with unlimited data usage for 1350 minutes also. I have that with the family plan but will i need to add 45 bucks more to the price for the broadband service???

thanks.

j.

ozzysjeep · 10-17-2006, 08:11 AM

I was unsure about this myself until I went to Verizon, twice this Sunday. If you already have a family plan, and you want to add the Q or any Smartphone, you do not have to change your calling plan. You pick your data plan and that is added to your existing plan. I have a family plan with 3 phones. Added the Q and the unlimited data plan and it's roughly $45 more on the total bill. I also get a 15% break on my bill because my company is listed with Verizon. If you work for a large corporation, you should inquire about a discount. I found out by accident, on my company's website.

qwho · 10-17-2006, 09:33 AM

That discount is nice, my company gets it as well. As for the confusion, i had the same problem. I called to make sure my plan was what i was expecting before my first bill, and some idiot on the phone told me that i would be paying 79.99 plus 39.99 for 450 minutes plus 40.00 for unlimited data. In reality, the 79.99 consists of those two prices added together. With the discount it is 63.99 a month.

Liebo11 · 10-17-2006, 02:25 PM

wow . . . i feel like thats a lot of money, an extra $45.00 per month. It just seems really unreasonable to charge that much money considering you can go online with basically any other phone for not even $15.00. I dunno

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Verges · 10-25-2006, 05:04 PM

L - not sure if your question got answered or not, so here's my experience. I have a 4 phone family plan and upgraded my handset to the Q with no problems. No rate plan change, etc. Same family plan I've had for months. I did have to pay $45 a month extra for the "unlimited" data plan.

GWK · 10-25-2006, 10:17 PM

The Q is not just another phone with a data plan. It is more like a strong substitute for your laptop. It really depens on your need, but with my smal business being in touch is very important and the Q let's me stay in touch without lugging my computer most of the time. It is not a computer replacement, but with some software improvements it will come close. To me, the $45 is money well spent.

Corvida · 01-01-2007, 09:27 PM

The $45 is just for the unlimited data plan. You can always get a different data plan or no plan at all. However, on the downside, you may not be able to get the Q for the same price.

CoolKidd · 01-02-2007, 08:17 AM

I have a $79.99 ($110 including tax and insurance for both phones) Family plan (2 phones / 800min.) I am planning on cutting back my minutes and adding the unlimited data plan. Does verizon have plans for 450 minutes with unlimited data?

For the family plan, does this mean the other phone have unlimited data as well?

pyrobling · 01-02-2007, 06:17 PM

All enhanced services are number specific. If you add it onto a Q you are addding it ONLY to that Q. Also, the max you will pay for a Q with unlimited and with tethering is 59.99 added onto what voice plan you have.

In regards to way above, 15/month is for VCast an is not unlimited Internet and Data for a Q. The service is for Mobile Web 2.0 phones and for VCast enabled handsets for downloading videos.

You are not required to add on the Unlimited, it just depends on how much you want to use your phone. There is also a 10Meg add-on for $24.99 a month.

Besides, $44.99 a month is not near as high as everyone is assuming it is. When data is charged at $0.015kb you will actually accruing a huge bill with little use. 1 MEG of use at $0.015kb will balance out to $19.20. And at 2.34 Megs you just hit your $44.99. After that you are basically getting all your usage for free and unlimited.

In may seem a lot now, however, when you begin to use it and when you do the math on your actual usage you will see the benefit. Hope this helps everyone.

-Adam @ VZW

Pony99CA · 01-02-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pyrobling

Besides, $44.99 a month is not near as high as everyone is assuming it is. When data is charged at $0.015kb you will actually accruing a huge bill with little use. 1 MEG of use at $0.015kb will balance out to $19.20. And at 2.34 Megs you just hit your $44.99. After that you are basically getting all your usage for free and unlimited.

Actually, $45 a month is exactly as high as it seems -- $45.

It's just that the other plans can cost much more if you exceed certain transfer limits.

I don't know if it's still true, but at one time T-Mobile offered $20 unlimited data plans if you had a voice plan. That was a couple of years ago, I believe, so it probably wasn't 3G, but come on. Most people probably aren't paying $45 a month for broadband Internet at home. (I know -- you're paying a premium for both Verizon's network and for mobile data access in general, but it's still too much. I'm paying it, but I wish it were more like $20 or $25 for unlimited data.)

Steve