i am in the same boat as you. i have 4 lines including the airave and am on a 1500 plan.
my airave is free thru the credit i get every month, just as you do.
once you put an actual PHONE on that line it goes under a 2 yr contract. the airave is taken OFF your account.
you WILL have to pay the 20 bux a month for the additional line. you may be able to sweet talk account services and they could reduce this cost over a 2 year period so you can pay LESS than 20 bux per month. i absorbed a line under my account and its only costing me 6 dollars a month extra instead of 20 (i am a premier customer and 12 year sprint user)
if you swap the evo off the airave line and want to put the airave back you remove the 20 dollar per month additional charge (or whatever you would pay for it if you sweet talked Account services) but you do not AUTOMATICALLY get your airave credit back.
just think of the airave as a broadband card for your laptop. they had phone numbers too and last year thats how i got my pro2.. i changed my aircard line to a voice line and got the reduced cost of it (99 bux.. you cats remember the verizon price match back then..
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so yea you can use your airave but do understand you lose the credit (and will have to talk to account services to restore it) and more hoop jumping to turn that line back into a airave line.... and who knows they may charge you a penalty for essentially "downgrading" the evo line (4g/20 bux per month charge) back to the airave... lots of what ifs...
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Originally Posted by mlr_90
I'm a little hesitant to do this. For one - I get a credit for the airave service so it's essentially free. I would probably lose this credit. Second - If this works as other upgrades do it will lock the Airave account into a 2 year agreement. Correct me if I'm wrong. Three - If you do this with the EVO you change the plan from a $5 month to a $20 month service plus the additional $10 "premium data" on that line. When you swap the phone back to your primary line and put the Airave back in place will everything be as it was? If you update using your Airave credit - can you just activate the phone on your primary line when you receive it and not touch the Airave line at all? I know you would lose your rebate but you would still save $150. You would just be locked into a 2 year commitment on the Airave line.
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