Family Share Plan

Stay connected with your family members

Family Plans offer the most convenient way for your family to stay connected. Instead of individual cell phone plans for each member of the family, you can share one cellular service plan among a few phones.

A great plan for your child or spouse as well as for yourself. As a family, it is important to make sure everyone in your family is safe. Give your family members a phone to use in times of emergency, but without the expense or responsibility of a separate plan.

Additional numbers can be added for $10 to $20 a month, less than the cheapest individual accounts, and everyone shares the same pool of monthly minutes. Plan members don't have to live in the same household; you can equip your babysitter or aging parents who live nearby, and most carriers allow free local calls between plan members.

If you suspect that your teenager might have trouble curtailing social chats that eat up precious minutes, a prepaid service may be the way to go. Most carriers sell starter kits--with the first $25 or $50 worth of calls and the phone included--for $100 or so.