https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:57:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089824 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:00:58 +0000 MarieJ 1089824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just DH &amp; I on our plan. I'm the account holder because my work discount is greater than his. He pays the monthly bill though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089815 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:57:58 +0000 regberadaisy 1089815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: OMG that's crazy!!!</p> <p>My MIL, even though she said no to paying data, continually browses the web once or twice which means we pay for her one time data usage. Whatcha gonna do. I asked DH to mention it to her but he wouldn't. </p> <p>@bluestriped bee: aw thanks! It's OK. We're not going to charge the ILs more. So I have a good idea on what ot charge BIL but I need to hear from him his average minute usage ot see if we need to upgrade our plan and what data plan he wants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089808 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:55:31 +0000 BSB 1089808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I found that by have a 5th line actually makes things cheaper. My mom used to have a cell phone and she was on my plan. We decided she would never use it and we could just call my parents land line if we needed her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089807 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:55:14 +0000 lovehoneybee 1089807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FIL is the account holder but I'm an authorized user. We split it down the middle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089800 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:52:49 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1089800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on a family plan. DH is the account holder. At one point, he had one of his younger brothers on the plans until he abused the privilege. DH was not charging him at all even when several months of plan abuse increased the bill a couple hundred dollars.</p> <p>My aunt has her adult children on her plan. Every month they fight over minutes and the charges. One of her kids is married, btw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089798 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:52:39 +0000 BSB 1089798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: Do you want to see my excel spreadsheet? It makes figuring out totals really easy each month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089793 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:49:42 +0000 regberadaisy 1089793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: ha! Wouldn't that be nice then I can just split our total bill by 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089789 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:48:19 +0000 BSB 1089789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the account holder with me, the DH, my dad and my niece.</p> <p>I take all the extra features (like iphone data) away to get a base price and divide that by 4. Comes to about 28. Then I separate the unlimited messaging plan by 4 and add an associated iPhone data plans. </p> <p>I pay abou 140 for my and DH's iPhone with data. My niece who has an iPhone pays about 70. My dad (no iPhone) pays $45. Actually, I split my dad's plan by 3 and have my siblings and I each pay $15 a month for my dads phone.</p> <p>I created an excel spreadsheet where I put in the total of the bills and any unusual or unexpected fees and it calculates how much everyone owes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089782 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:46:26 +0000 futuremama 1089782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are 4 of us on our plan. MIL doesn't use data, so she just pays her line charges. DH, BIL, and I each pay our line charges plus 1/3 of the data fee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089766 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:42:06 +0000 LindsayInNY 1089766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on one with DH, my mom and sister (Dad has one through work). We split the bill 4 ways even though me, mom and sister all have grandfathered unlimited data and DH doesn't. We share minutes and all have unlimited texting so it's the easiest way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089722 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:29:23 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1089722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: I would have each person pay for their phone? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089711 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:24:44 +0000 regberadaisy 1089711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: @Koolbreeze: We can't split evenly because my ILs don't use smart phones. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089710 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:24:41 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1089710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just me and DH, and I am the account holder b/c I get a discount with my work. I don't charge him :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089706 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:23:31 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1089706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm on one with my brother, SIL, brother, and DH. We take the entire cost of the plan and split it equally 5 ways. It's easier that way than charging according to usage. For all of us, our cell is our only/primary phone so we're pretty equal anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089699 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:21:51 +0000 Koolbreeze 1089699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad is on our plan and pays $60 a month. Our bill is $200 total. I don't even remember how we came up with that amount for him to pay. My SO's sister was on our account before my dad and she paid 1/3 the bill each month (it was a little lower then, so she paid a little over $50 a month I think). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-youre-on-a-family-cell-plan#post-1089683 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:14:58 +0000 regberadaisy 1089683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>are you the account holder? </p> <p>If you are how much do you "charge" the other members.</p> <p>We currently have 4 on ours, the two of us plus my ILs. We were only asking them for their line plus splitting the unlimited texting. We only added unlimited texting because of MIL.</p> <p>BIL also wants to join our plan but I think I'm going to ask him to also split the Family Plan price along with his line, texting, data and taxes. It'll still be half of what he's currently paying a month! </p>