[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sashusmom:
Please read my last paragraph of this post!

It's like Brigadoon here!!!!! I will wake you guys up with a huge off topic post of what I have been up to!:silly: If you could care less, please skip to the last paragraph and read it. Very important!!!:good: Thank you.:)

I opened a line of service on my family's att plan- ported my tmobile prepaid number over(got a free mega)- so we all could port out to tmobile and have them pay off all our ETF's and cut our cell phone bill from $240 to $140(tmo simple plan with 2.5 gb data) plus $20 for new tmobile phones(cheap ones) and I figured out how to keep our expensive phones and use them on tmo. It took an extra 2 weeks to figure that one out since they changed their trade in rules for tmo.

While I was waiting that extra 2 weeks- At&t surprised me with a response to tmobile stealing their customers!;) This is what they did. It is most beneficial to families with 4 or more lines. Not so much for singles. This is a new att policy that started on 2/3/14.

On plans with contracts before 2/2/14, they are allowing those contracted lines to move over to their family value share plans and pay the non contracted rates per phone. You get a bucket of data- 10 gb to share for $100(more can be bought if needed)- and each phone is $15 to add on- in our case 4 X$15= $60. This cut our att bill from $240(includes tax and fees) for 4 lines, to $160 plus tax and fees $20- for a total of $180. Normally contracted phones on this plan are $40/phone. Next phones and BYOD phones are $15. This is where the savings come in for non-contract phones and where att is following tmobile's lead. They are trying to move away from contracts and subsidized phones.

To move to t-mobile now wouldn't really benefit us anymore, and I was lucky I opened a line of service before 2/2/14 so we could qualify. (I ported my tmo number to att just so I could port out later) Sometimes my wheelin and dealin pays off. Our cell bill was cut by $60, and everyone is happy. Especially my husband who now pays less per month, and doesn't have to waste his time standing in line at a tmo store to open a new account!!!!

Normally a contract is not needed for this att plan, but we were allowed to move over on 4 contracts for the non contract price. Anyone with a contract before 2/2/14 can do this. This is a one time move. If any of us re-ups the contract, that line is charged $40, not $15. That is where the $60 in savings comes from. It's actually $100 difference($25 X 4), but from the old family plan to this one it is a $60 savings overall.

A win-win for everyone. John Legere was right!!! The new tmobile policies are pressuring the big carriers to change their rates and start competing with tmobile's cheaper rates and plans. Now my question is "What phone do I use Now??" My Note i717, iphone 5s, Mega, or lumia 521???? I feel really spoiled and privileged to have this be my only problem at the moment and a very luck lady!

My family is healthy and working- We have a friend who was just diagnosed with a colo-rectal malignant golfball size polyp. He put off his baseline colonoscopy till he was 60. Unfortunately, that was about 5 years to late. So please guys and gals, go get your colonoscopies at 50, 55, and 60. I had my baseline at 52- and they found a small polyp and have to go back for a follow-up. Sooner than 5 years. You want to be around to see your kids grow up, get married, and have kids of their own. Don't let a curable disease get out of control and take your life before you are done living. Please says prayers for my friend. He has a lot ahead of him. All could have been prevented if he took the time out of his busy life to get checked:crying: