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I am a current Verizon Wireless customer. Do I have to change my plan to a Share Everything plan?
While you're not required to change to a Share Everything plan, you may want to check out the benefits of the new plans. You're not required to move to Share Everything but if you do decide to upgrade your phone and extend your contract, then unlimited data will not be retained on your line. As a Verizon Wireless customer, you have choices when you upgrade at discounted pricing. You can choose from a standalone data package starting at $30 for 2GB or a Share Everything plan. If keeping unlimited is important to you, you can choose to pay full retail price for the phone.
Share Everything Plans include unlimited minutes, unlimited messages, and a single pool of data to share with 1 to 10 lines on an account. Plus, Share Everything includes Mobile Hotspot so, if you use a mobile hotspot-capable device, you can connect and share your data with multiple Wi-Fi–enabled devices. You'll no longer have to wade through lots of plan options with varying minutes, message and data add-on options. You just make one decision — how much data you will need — the rest is all included and unlimited.
If one line moves to Share Everything, all lines must move to Share Everything. Share Everything plans are for accounts with 1 to 10 lines of service and single line accounts enjoy the same benefits as accounts with multiple lines. Share Everything includes Mobile Hotspot at no additional cost, so you can connect and share your plan data allowance with multiple Wi-Fi–enabled devices. If one line on a family plan transitions to Share Everything, all lines must transition to Share Everything.
The only way to keep unlimited data is to buy a phone at the unsubsidized, outright price. Any phone purchased as part of a contract at a subsidized price will lose unlimited data.
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