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I'll just say that I think you're asking for trouble gathering 4-5 friends/coworkers to pool into a cell phone plan.

Someone has to serve as the account manager and ultimately that person has all of the control and responsibility. The account must be paid in full each month, regardless of what verbal arrangements the group has. Cell plans don't typically have long term contracts anymore but if any equipment promos are applied, the promo is at risk to be lost if a line is closed. Only the account manager can authorize a line to be ported-out, which means he effectively controls everyones' phone numbers.

Maybe you'll get lucky and find an entire group that pays their portion monthly and never wants to leave. But the odds are against that.

That said, corporate discounts do not apply to unlimited plans. Autopay discount does not apply to credit card. You do not have to be members of same household to be on the same plan. If you're on an unlimited plan, the full speed data allowance applies to each line. Existing Verizon lines could be added but they would have to be released from their current account (could lose equipment promos in the process), and they wouldn't be eligible for any "new line" promotions offered by Verizon.

Multiple payments or even any payment outside of autopay doesn't disqualify you unless any of them are by CC. Then you get the non compliance penalty on the next bill. Also whoever is the account holder is liable if someone doesn't pay their share, not the secondary user.

Service only! Insist/agree that all of you will buy your own phones, no installments.

• yes

• yes

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• debit/ACH

• doesn't matter

• not on unlimited

1. Yes not shared
2. Yes they just don't get inflated trade in value promos
3. Yes but disqualifies you all from the autopay discount ($40 goes to $50)
4. It can but you don't get the $10 per line discount only debit card or checking account works.
5. Doesn't matter
6. Yes you can add it but doesn't apply to your unlimited plan unless it's a military, veteran or first responder discount

I mean, what more are you looking for? https://www.verizon.com/plans/unlimited/

If you are on Start then I’d move to Unlimited Welcome if you don’t need any hotspot. Either way the new plan you could add 100GB of hotspot if needed later on down the line.

Thank you both.

Go here: https://www.verizon.com/plans/unlimited/

scroll down to where it says "Check out pricing and plan features". When you click it you'll get a chart first showing the per line price from 1 line to 4. (Make a note that the "autopay" toggle is on so its taking $10 off the full price already.

Then scroll down some more and you'll see what each plan has as far as features.

If you go into the MyVerizon app tap "account" at the bottom, then tap "Plans," then tap one of your lines. You'll see a link for "Plan Features." Use the information that comes up here to compare to what the new Unlimited plans have.

I'd love to have the ability to mix and match data plans, pay by data is good for my S/O but for me it ends up costing me too much, whereas she's home most of the time and uses very little data

Total wireless will tick all your check boxes. 4 lines come out to 90$

How often /long does she call Korea? GV voice could be a better choice. Also, she can use Kakao Talk/Line/Telegram/WhatsApp to conduct voice calls unless the person in Korea is super old school and does not have smart phone. Also GV Korea rate is 1 cent/min, or 2 cents/min to mobile and land , respectively. Apps calls are free.

This is a copy of the OP's original post in case they decide to delete their post/account so that others searching can find it later:

TLDR is in the title, but I've seen some fantastic analysis here and am in paralysis-by-analysis looking at the options. I'm constrained to Verizon MVNO because they are the only ones with a tower near my tiny town (no AT&T or T-Mobile here). I swapped to xfinity once and after a year had to dump them because the customer service was appalling and every time I went to Mexico the roaming feature in my plan would stop working and I'd get enormous bills for hundreds of dollars which on average would require a week, 4 calls, and 4-6 hours on the phone to resolve.

Facts:

- 4 people in the family, all adults as of May 2025. One near Seattle and the rest in small-town Idaho.

- I don't really care about streaming speed, but I understand VPNs. Only 1 of us uses hotspot, and only occasionally.

- I travel in Mexico several times a year for 2 weeks at a time.

- My wife must be able to call Korean cell and landlines ($10 "Global Choice" surcharge with Verizon)

- Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy S9 G960U (me, LOL), Galaxy A426U

- Plan is three 5G Do More; one on 5G Play more. Last bill was $188 after a discount and three phones getting $14/mo credit for BYOD, as well as $5 each for the auto-pay. If I'm doing the math right, in another year the monthly BYOD credit expires and we add another $42 per month!! That'll be around $230/mo!

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Switch to prepaid

Www.circledin.com You can take it vantage of different promotions, except for phone financing and you can join a plan on T-Mobile Verizon and AT&T depending on what works in your area they’re great people and there’s nothing you have to worry about. It’s all organized and support is pretty good.

I used Circled In for Verizon for a year last year. Basically it gets you as an individual onto a multi-line "family" plan. So your paying the lowest possible multi-line rate, the taxes & fees, and the Circled In $8 fee. And possibly getting some of those perks, but I didn't have the ability to get them when I used it.

I stopped because Verizon was increasing prices through fees, and Circled In raised their fee from $5 to $8. I think the bill was just over $50 per month when I left. I'm pretty cheap, I changed to the $300 up front for the whole year AT&T prepaid plan.

There is also just dropping to the best Verizon Prepaid plan that keeps the priority data. I think that's $60?

Also Visible Plus that now has priority data, and int'l roaming in Canada and Mexico for $45.

When I was looking to move, I saw the limit was 12

The limit of 10 is no longer there, I want to say it's something like 15, I honestly don't remember, but it never seems to be an issue these days. Yes, the plans are mix and match, so they all count towards the other credits, so each Welcome would be $27, Plus at $42, and Ultimate at $52

> My Verizon app recommends we switch to individual plans on the same account, which I am skeptical of - why would they want us to switch if it wasn’t a better deal for them if we did?

You think Verizon algorithm is set to "fuck over the customer" mode?

You're not missing anything, the prices went up after The New Verizon Plan Unlimited, but have since come back down. For 5 lines or fewer, you're better off with the new plans.

You have pretty much two options $80 for Unlimited Plus or $65 for Welcome Unlimited. They are very different in terms of what they can access on the network.

But I think it's a bit a bit crazy to get a single line on Verizon for $65/$80 (multiple lines make a little more sense.) As this person discovered, Visible Plus is $40 and Visible is $25. Visible Plus is similar to Verizon Unlimited Plus. Visible is similar to Verizon Welcome Unlimited.

If you want to keep your number, it's the $80 and $65, although if you are military/vet, a teacher, first responder, or nurse you get $10 off. If you get a new phone number you would get $5 off the $65 plan and $10 off the $80 plan, those discounts stack, so a teacher with a new number you would pay $60 or $50. If you own a business, are a 1099 contractor, have your own side hustle, etc. you can get a business plan, and there is an older plan that can still be added for $35/mo that is pretty equal to the $65 plan