We are thinking of switching from AT&T to Sprint. Here is what we are currently looking at...
Change our AT&T plan to Nationwide 550 minutes:
- Free mobile to mobile AT&T phone only
- 550 total combined minutes
- Unlimited nights and weekends
- $60 total cell service for 2 phones
- $60 total for 2 phones on unlimited data (keep our grandfathered unlimited plan)
- Texting is extra ($5 each for for 200 message/month and $10 each for unlimited)
- No buyback for old phones
- 4% Teacher Discount
- Total $115/month before taxes (Add texting will be anywhere from $120 to $135)
Switch to Sprint Family Everything Data Shared Plan
- Free mobile to mobile any provider
- 1500 total combined minutes to landline phones
- Unlimited texting included
- Unlimited data included*
- *$10/month add-on charge for iPhone ($20 total for 2 phones)
- $170 buyback of each of our old phones
- 18% teacher discount
- Total $123 before taxes
With Sprint we will pay a little more, but we will get a lot more. Plus we will not have to fork up $300 each for our new phones. It will only cost us about $130/phone.
AT&T will cost up more upfront, but save us more per month. If we add texting, then AT&T will be more. 550 minutes is plenty for both of us as we seldom talk on the phone and have a plethora of roll over minutes.
I will have to wait to hear from others about Sprint's coverage at our second home in Mammoth. From what I hear Sprint's coverage is not very good up there.