Former Alltell customers who may are worried about losing their My Circle plan with free calling to friends and family can rest assured that Verizon will be offering something similar what T-Mobile customers call "MyFaves."
The Verizon Friends & Family, is not only for former Alltel customers, but for Verizon subscribers, offering five or ten numbers to which all calls will be free. It starts February 15.
Customers will be able to sign in
to My Verizon to add the feature to their accounts and identify 5 or 10
numbers as a Friends & Family calling group. Minutes used when
placing or receiving calls to anyone in the calling group will not
count against your plan minutes. You can even include landline numbers
or wireless numbers that are not Verizon numbers.
To
take advantage of Friends & Family, customers must have a qualifying
Nationwide Single Line plan with 900 or more Anytime Minutes. Single
line customers can select up to 5 numbers to add to their Friends &
Family calling group.
Verizon customers on a Nationwide Family
SharePlan, need to have 1,400 or more Anytime Minutes, and you can
select up to 10 numbers that will be shared among plan members
When Verizon customers login to their accoutns they will be notified if they eligible.