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[quote=Anonymous]We have have the same AP phone number on our plan for the last 7 years. There is no 'transfer' necessary, since it is our phone. I give it to AP when she starts, she gives it back when she leaves. It's never been a problem. 3 of our past APs bought a brand new iPhone right  before leaving us, one came with an iPhone but did not activate it here, one bought an iPhone here a few months before leaving and activated her own plan (she was extending with another family).

No one has ever asked to use their own phone on our plan, but if that were the case and the phone was compatible, I would simply ask ATT to swap the phone on the plan and ask AP to pay for the activation. When AP leaves, I would ask ATT to activate the old phone back.

And to your initial question, it is correct that it is not required, but it is essential to the job so it should be the family's responsibility to pay, minimally for a voice and/or text plan as a mean a communication with the host parents. We are offering data for the first time this year, primarily because we have older kids who now all have iPhones, and I think it would be weird to have AP not have a smart phone/plan when my kids do...[/quote]

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