[GH85Carrera]

I have been a customer of AT&T since 1978. Back in the stone ages when no one except AT&T could even own the equipment, not even the phone in your own house.

I have my iPhone with the unlimited data. My wife has a iPhone and has a 300 MB plan but she never gets to 100 MB. My MIL is on my family plan and she has a 300 MB plan. When she first got her phone she had no intention of ever texting and was adamant she would not text.

Then her grand kids and great grand kids got smart phones. I was paying 20 cents per message but that was still cheaper than the only texting plan of $20 per month for unlimited texting. Last month she texted enough to cost $10.75 so I said enough, time for a texting plan.

The AT&T rep was convinced the only option was $20 per more month. I asked to be connected to the customer retention department. They noticed I have been a customer longer than most of their employees have been alive. They notice I pay my bill electronically and on time every month. They decided that I could indeed have a texting plan for my MIL for less than $20. She now has a unlimited texting for $10. I bet she will never do 50 in a month so that is still expensive but overall my bill is $180 per month for three lines. We have thousands of roll over minutes left and I am the only data hog. I stream Pandora to my car and I hit 1.5 Gig a month as an average.