Adding iPhone to family plan

You would add a new line to the account for $9.99 plus the data plan ($30). I'm not sure if iPhone shares text messages over a family plan or if it needs its own text message package. You can check with an ATT store when they open in a few hours.

I believe the texting plan is the same cost as any other phone (texting is not included in the data plan) and you can include iphone texting under a unlimited texting family plan. The $30 data plan is required, and the actual phone service is the same cost as other phones (I believe the 450 minute plan is the minimum you can use with the iphone).

I don't think the minimum affects other phones on your plan. I have one iphone and 3 dumb phones (some kind of LG things) on a family plan with shared minutes, some kind of limited data plan for the dumb phones, unlimited texting (kids), etc. for about $200-250 per month (I think). Talk to ATT, you should be able to find something that works.

Edit: I wouldn't worry about the 5000 limit, that is effectively unlimited data for the iphone. The only problem is the lack of tethering in the ATT data plan (still waiting).

It sounds like your current phone was purchased as a subsidized phone and you haven't met the terms on that subsidized phone yet.

Logging in to your ATT account should tell you when you will be eligible to buy another subsidized phone.

A new customer to ATT is eligible to pay the subsidized price on any phone in the store because they do not have to fulfill a previous contract with ATT. We were new ATT customers last summer. When we purchased the iPhone for the subsidized price, we agreed to a 2 year contract. If a new phone comes out this summer, we will not be able to purchase it for the subsidized price for the same reason that you can't purchase the 3G for the subsidized price - we haven't met the terms of the contract.

You feel that they ought to make a special exception for you because you've been a customer a long time? That the contract you agreed to when you bought your previous subsidized phone should be nullified so you can buy another subsidized phone?

As I said previously, check when you are eligible to purchase another subsidized phone. It's not fun having to wait but a contract is a contract.

I disagree. Bad service is saying that you deserve to not have to honor your contract because you have been a long time customer. Bottom line is you agreed to a 2 year contract when you bought your last phone and now you want to renege on that contract because you want to buy another subsidized phone.

Nothing to do with how long you've been with AT&T, everything to do with your upgrade timeframe. You can check that online at your account page with AT&T, or ask them to find out for you when your next "window" is. I ended up paying the higher cost because my time wasn't up yet, my choice. I wanted the phone, and I knew it would cost more. You want the phone, you will need to pay more or wait. No matter how I feel about AT&T, that is just the way things work. It's not personal with them, you are not their victim and the newbies get more love from them than you do. It's just business.

Me and my girl have the family plan, we both have Iphones. I think we have the 1400 min , and 200 text message plan.

Test messaging is not shared with family plans on the iphone - you need to purchase another text messages plan for the 2nd phone.

One phone can have the $5.00/200 text plan
the other phone can have the $20.00/1500 text plan

for a total fee of $25.00, each phone has a separate data plan at $30.00 each.
but your family plan voice minutes are shared between the two phones.