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Originally Posted by MBAtarga
If you opt for the Next plan - I don't believe there is a $40 activation fee - it is waived.
How much data are you currently using among the 3 phones? Is it more than 10G? That's still quite a bit. By not enabling wi-fi - you are always eating into your data plan. I believe that battery consumption has improved with newer iPhones.
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I went through it several times with the rep.
If you do not do the Next plan each device gets charged a $40 network access fee.
So let's say I did this last year and upgraded 2 of the phones.
I would have paid the subsidized rate on the phone, let's call it $200 for each iPhone 6.
My line fee would have remained $9.99.
If I changed nothing else my expense would be the $400 for the phones.
Today I have two choices.
2 year contract, iPhone 6, $200 out of pocket plus the "discount" goes away so instead of a $9.99 per month line fee it's now $40 per month.
$60 more per month for 2 devices and no other changes to my plan.
Next plan. Nothing out of pocket but $22.00 per month more per phone for the installment and a line access fee of $15.00 per phone per month.
$54 more per month with no other changes to my plan.
The kicker is if I did not upgrade my phones at all and just renewed my contract (which there is no reason to do) my line access fee for the 2 iPhones I currently have, which are fully paid mind you, would again increase to the $40 per month.
$60 more per month just to renew my contract, nothing else.
I spent 40 minutes on the phone with the guy and he flat out said there is absolutely nothing that I can do that will reduce my rate, in fact anything I did would increase my current rate.