Questions on porting family plan lines and a prorated final bill?

Hey there! I've done some searches on the board before posting and encountered tidbits of information I found useful, but I couldn't get all of my lingering questions answered from older posts so here's my situation:
My number is the primary number on a family plan (3 lines, mine included) with Verizon, and I'm considering porting it along with the two other lines elsewhere. All three lines are no longer in a contract and are month-to-month (the 2-year agreements ended many months ago and none of the lines have been upgraded or anything since then). I'm planning to move them all to separate prepaid services through another carrier.
I'm doing my best to gather enough information about how to go about moving all three of these family plan lines with the least amount of hassle , so I've got some questions I hope I can get answered. Thanks for any assistance!
This is my understanding:
-I'll need to contact my new carrier to have a given number ported, correct? And that line will be subsequently cancelled on Verizon's end, with no ETFs since none of the lines are tied to a contract?
-Should I port the second and third lines first and not port the primary number (mine) first, so asto not cancel all the lines of service before they're ported? I'm okay porting one number at a time AKA separately instead of all at once if that simplifies the transfer process.
-When the porting process takes place and my Verizon service is cancelled, does Verizon prorate the remaining days on my billing period from the date it's cancelled, or do they still bill up to the end of the cycle? I hear it's better to wait until the end of my billing cycle (which for me is the 9th of every month) to initiate the transfer(s) so that I don't have any billing issues, but moving all three numbers on one day (even separately) sounds kinda daunting.
-Do the phones I currently have under Verizon simply "disconnect" or deactivate once service is cancelled? Will they no longer be associated with my family plan lines and therefore be free to be resold or handed off to other family members who are using Verizon? I notice many phones on eBay/Craigslist list a "cleared ESN" as a requirement for someone to activate a used phone on Verizon and wanted to know what that was about.
Thanks for any help on these concerns!

michae2414 wrote:
Hey there! I've done some searches on the board before posting and encountered tidbits of information I found useful, but I couldn't get all of my lingering questions answered from older posts so here's my situation:
My number is the primary number on a family plan (3 lines, mine included) with Verizon, and I'm considering porting it along with the two other lines elsewhere. All three lines are no longer in a contract and are month-to-month (the 2-year agreements ended many months ago and none of the lines have been upgraded or anything since then). I'm planning to move them all to separate prepaid services through another carrier.
I'm doing my best to gather enough information about how to go about moving all three of these family plan lines with the least amount of hassle , so I've got some questions I hope I can get answered. Thanks for any assistance!
This is my understanding:
-I'll need to contact my new carrier to have a given number ported, correct? And that line will be subsequently cancelled on Verizon's end, with no ETFs since none of the lines are tied to a contract? All correct - the port happens via the NEW carrier.
-Should I port the second and third lines first and not port the primary number (mine) first, so asto not cancel all the lines of service before they're ported? I'm okay porting one number at a time AKA separately instead of all at once if that simplifies the transfer process. You can do it this way - but based on your next question, you wouldn't want to do it this way. You can't do both!!
-When the porting process takes place and my Verizon service is cancelled, does Verizon prorate the remaining days on my billing period from the date it's cancelled, or do they still bill up to the end of the cycle? You have already paid for the current month's service - you are billed in advance for the coming month. What WILL be billed is any texting, roaming calls, data charges, etc, that have occurred during the month that were NOT billed in advance. I hear it's better to wait until the end of my billing cycle (which for me is the 9th of every month) to initiate the transfer(s) so that I don't have any billing issues, but moving all three numbers on one day (even separately) sounds kinda daunting. But YOU don't have to do anything - your new carrier will deal with it, and it seems to me it would be better to end the service on all three at one time, since it is one account. You can ask your new carrier what they recommend. There should be no issues with porting all three lines at once.
-Do the phones I currently have under Verizon simply "disconnect" or deactivate once service is cancelled?Yes - once the number is ported to the new carrier, the phones will no longer work until they are activated with another number. Will they no longer be associated with my family plan lines and therefore be free to be resold or handed off to other family members who are using Verizon? This is correct, and another reason for doing the port at the end of a billing cycle. Issues have come up with transfers done mid cycle - and because the account had been billed and paid for the full month's service, the phone's ESN was not released until the end of the billing cycle. I notice many phones on eBay/Craigslist list a "cleared ESN" as a requirement for someone to activate a used phone on Verizon and wanted to know what that was about.
Thanks for any help on these concerns!
It may take several days for the numbers to fully port over and have all services working correctly, and for the old phones to be fully "released" from your account to be used on another Verizon account. I would wait a week or so after the port, then call CS and check the ESN status of the old phones to see if they are "clear".
Hope this answers most of your questions. Post back if you need further clarification.

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month which was about $160 for the three of us each month. I never missed one
single payment. Well the 3 of us decided to switch to
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why not? They told me unfortunately no, I had to pay this whole bill first and
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days or so. I said that’s too bad I can’t
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go online in a few days and pay it and
then come the next bill cycle (which doesn’t go out until March 10th)
we’ll go online about that and pay the rest; just a few dollars per line.
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will have to call us to pay. I’m thinking aww man, another inconvenience, but
oh well, I’ll do what I have to do and call back twice to get these bills paid.
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something something and pay the last bill through the automated phone system and be
done. I said okay
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if I could pay the last bill and I was no longer to go online) if my wife's line was never disconnected? This is getting
nuts. She placed me on hold again and returns, okay sir, this is what I’m going
to do. I’m going to suspend her line today and then you can call back tomorrow
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you can see nothing has been used on those phones. I told her this is the last bill cycle and I’m not calling
back and we need to get this disconnected today and that bill lowered to its
fair amount. She places me on hold again
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today and she was going to take $40 off my phone bill.
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phone bill is $70 for the three phones that we used for 6 days!! I said 6 days is about 1/5th of the
month. If our final bill is reflecting only the days of the month we used it
should be more like 1/5 the price of our original monthly bill which was $160. which would be more like $32, not $70. I had to explain some of the simple math to her and she
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wasn’t my fault you didn’t disconnect it and this is not a fair final bill for
6 days of usage!! She put me on hold yet
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having to spend more time to fix that. It was a big rip-off and extremely frustrating.
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bills when leaving Verizon Wireless. Needless to say, I’m never going back to
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Leaving is quite simple via porting out. As you noted when two of the lines ported successfully. However I can see no valid reason why the wifes number could not be ported out. There are porting laws in place. But on to the rest.
If your monthly service runs as you are saying "The cycle was from January 15th to February 15th on the bill that is due by March 10th".
That would be incorrect. If your monthly bill is from lets say January 15 through February 14 then your payment on the account is always that last day. (February 14th.) The next new billing cycle is now February 15th through March 14 again the bill closing date is the day the invoice must be paid. All three lines since they were ported on February 22nd. still must be paid in full (2 ported & 1 not ported). There is no prorating in this case. Now in regards to the bill closing date again would next be March 15, 2014 through April 14, 2014. Since the wife's phone was not closed the only device should be just that line and no other. The other lines are paid up through March 14, 2014 so there should be no further charges.
Some where along the line folks must remember to terminate service (port) a few days BEFORE the next bill comes due. remember we pay in advance.
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I am in a family plan of 5 family members which is under my sisters name. Our contract is already up except for the 5 line. My question is i would like to have my own family plan with only 2 lines and keep the same numbers. However my credit is fair, would that interfere with me getting my own family plan? and/or would i have to pay a fee?

You'll need to do an assumption of liability to take over responsibility for paying for those two numbers. You don't need to sign a contract, but you do need to visit a store or call in with the account owner present so they can authorize transferring the lines to you. There are no fees for doing the AoL.
Verizon will do a credit check and if your credit does not meet their standards, you may need to put down a deposit. This is generally refunded after 1 year of on-time payments.

Change from Family Plan to Single Plan

I have a family plan with 2 lines. Mine is the primary line, but we have about a year and a half left on our contract. I need to change my plan so that I do not have the family plan anymore, and just keep my own line. My question is, will I be charged extra fees to drop a line, will my bill go down or stay the same, and will I lose my unlimited data?

Both lines started a new contract about 6 months ago? (that's how I read we have about a year and a half left on our contract) Is there someone who is to take over the second line? If you got two discounted phones 6 months ago, then both lines are under contract. There will be an ETF on the line you cancel - $350 less ~$60 if it is a smartphone, $175 less ~$30 if it is a basic phone that was purchased initially.
I don't know what your plan is now, or what you might change it to, so I have no idea if the bill will go up or down. You said you have unlimited data now, so you must have had the plan prior to this recent upgrade.... however, if you change plans (and dropping a line and switching to an individual plan will be a plan change) then it's likely the unlimited data will not carry over to the new plan.
Each line has it's own contract and upgrade eligibility. Call #UPG on each phone to see when each line is eligible for an upgrade and when the contract ends for that line (or log on to MyVerizon as the account owner and view the information for each line there)
Post back if you have further questions - you really didn't provide enough information to give you a more definite answer.

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