T-Mobile announces 3,000 minute family plan in case unlimited is too much
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The new 3,000 minute plan sits in between the 1,500 minute family plan and the unlimited family plan. Unlimited sounds good, but each additional line can cost up to $40 for unlimited and as I said we make few calls outside of my wife's independent consultant business. It is nice to see T-Mobile adding in another option for callers and for two lines the price is either $79.99 or $99.99 (depending on whether or not you want an annual contract and subsidized phone). You will notice that these are the same prices for two lines as the unlimited plan, but keep in mind that each additional phone line is $40 for unlimited or $10 for 200 minutes on the unlimited plan while an additional line on the 3,000 minute plan is just $5. Now that I think about it, 200 for each of my daughters should be plenty since they live on the text messaging plan and with unlimited minutes for me and my wife we could talk without having to worry about managing our minutes. It is not clear if the unlimited messaging applies across all phones so I will have to visit a store and work out some of the options. There are so many options it can be quite a chore to sit down and map them all out.