Questions re: SERO

schrodinger's cat wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2008 02:10:19 GMT Help PCS <help_pcs@netzero.net> wrote:
>
>> schrodinger's cat <sc@invalid.invalid> wrote in
>> news:bbt904ptb423nocn1b6badci6frfobu8n7@4ax.com:
>>
>>> Thanks, Help. A couple of questions if you don't mind.
>>> Does adding the SERO plan to an existing account require
>>> extending the contract covering the existing plans?
>> This should not be the case, no. Each phone would have its
>> own contract term and adding a new line (and new contract to
>> that new line) shouldn't impact any existing lines on the
>> account.
>>
>>> SERO aside, is there a way to share minutes other than a
>>> family plan? Instead of a family plan, can a non-business
>>> account have more than one phone with their own completely
>>> different plans, but be billed on the same account?
>> Family plans are the only way to share minutes for consumers
>> (non-business entities). There are shared minute plans for
>> businesses but they're not available for consumers. You can
>> have as many different phone lines (subscriptions) on your
>> account up to your credit class allowances, each with its own
>> phone number, service plan and/or options and contract terms.
>
> Thanks again, that clears a lot of things up for me. My wife and I have
> been Sprint customers for over 10 years and currently have a 2 line Fair
> & Flexible Family plan at $69.99/month for 700 shared minutes. Only my
> phone has vision, at $10 additional/month, because my wife never had any
> interest in it. Now, however, her company is pressuring her to get a
> phone on which she can receive and send email. It looks like 2 SERO
> plans at $30/month for 500 minutes each would give us both all the
> features we would need or want for a total of $60/month, as compared to
> our current total of $79.99 with only one Vision line. Now I have to
> find out how buying the phones works. I've read that I may be forced to
> pay full price for them through a SERO vendor. Is that true?

Go check out http://www.sprint.com/sero and plug in a sprint employee
email address (savings@sprintemi.com).

There are plenty of free and discounted phones there.