Verizon Offers Free Friends & Family Calling Circle w/900 or More Minutes

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on February 12, 2009 12:11 PM

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.