Comments on: Saving money on my AT&T wireless plan (and avoiding the $18 upgrade fee)

By: johnf

johnf — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:30:48 +0000

Att is awesome. Just when i think they are going to let me down they offer me bonus minutes to get me through the month in order to save me money. The network is really good too. The rollover minutes saved me quite a few times. Thats not something you can get with verizon plus my att bills are much cheaper than they were with verizon. In todays economy att makes much more sense, verizon is too expensive anyways. Im keeping att as long as they offer rollover.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:51:23 +0000

Att is the best deal in wireless now with the rollover minutes. I have friends on att,tmobile,and verizon. With tmobile they can get 1000 minutes for 39.99 but the network isnt the best. With verizon they get 450 minutes for 39.99 with a good network but no rollovers. With att i get 450 min for 39.99 and with the rollovers i have built up over a 1000 so this month i could use 1450 minutes if i wanted to and it would just cost me 39.99 plus tax and the att network is pretty good. Ill stay with att as long as they continue to offer rollover minutes.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:42:43 +0000

Your husband is good with the prepaid plan as long as he doesn’t go out of the area. I found that network availability is much more limited when using the prepaid plan. I found that our when I traveled in South Dakota.

By: CarFan

CarFan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:08:10 +0000

Well done. It just goes to show that you get nothing if you don’t ask. And being a bit persistent especially if you have facts to back up your request should help you get what you want. Keep up the good work. Really inspiring.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:27:09 +0000

We did look into family plans, but that would actually cost MORE than what I’m paying now.

You see, for us to have a shared plan, it would be about $60+ per month.

Right now, my husband is still on his parents’ family plan. When he switches off of that, he’ll probably get a prepaid cell phone since he barely uses his phone, and can use mine when he’s home.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:25:27 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement, and thanks for reading!

By: minimal.mammal

minimal.mammal — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:49:14 +0000

You ever thought about doing family shared plans through AT&T with your husband. Your line would only be $9.99 then.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:43:40 +0000

Great tip. I wasnt as persistent at Sprint and got stuck with the upgrade fee. What a silly concept.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:59:20 +0000

Glad your posts are back. Going to move along to read about spring cleaning now. I’m not a phone person. Just keep a land line and never add any features.

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:07:23 +0000

Cool! What phone did you get? i have the Samsung Blackjack, just the first one, because it’s already a year old. Most of my friend have AT&T, too. i used to sell cell phones at Best Buy. As a third party, we couldn’t give the same discounts or waive the upgrade fee, so you did right by calling them and getting the ones with real power to do it:)