May 9th 2017
Hello, Sunrise Ranchers!
As you have probably heard, we have been working for the past several
months
to develop a discounted plan to offer phones to residents and staff
All along, it has been our desire to offer reliable mobile service to help
us conduct the business of the Ranch. We have also been interested in
offering Ranch residents with a low-cost mobile phone option for their own personal use. That is why we purchased up-to-date phones. With cellular
service in the valley that is sometimes unreliable it was
important to have phones that were capable of doing wi-fi calling.
We wanted to offer a plan that would:
* Be significantly discounted
* Have WIFI calling available (smart phones) - to
bolster the signal on
campus - whenever possible (some older phones do not have this feature)
* Be offered to anybody who has been at the ranch for a set period of time
* Be managed using monthly charge back via the AR
accounts
* Have 2 Gigabytes of data use per month - double the
typical minimum
on most basic plans
We have negotiated favorable corporate rates with
AT&T that are well below what is generally charged for individual
users. We
are offering further subsidies to lower those rates further, making it
more
affordable for those who desire a phone for their own personal use.
Some phones may be provided free of charge to staff by prior agreement.
FSE and non-staff must have lived on ranch for 6 months prior to being qualified for phone plan
Any key business staff who plan to have their ranch phones for personal use will pay one rate.
All other staff will pay another rate. Check with IT to see which rate you are offered.
Here are the current monthly rates we are able to offer:
People With an Authorized Business Use $15
All others
$28
New phones are $35 with an additional $8.99 for insurance ($43.99)
This plan will commence on April 1, 2017.
Yes there is some fine print.. These deals require an agreement (may be email)
outlines the rules for using the phones the bullet list for these rules
include:
Policy for all Phones:
* Phones are offered to new staff (after three months of service) and all others who have been residents for 6 months (including FSE participants)
*Phone holders must be residents of Sunrise Ranch (some exceptions apply, contact IT)
* All phones should be used responsibly. No international call are
allowed
unless by special agreement.
* Data limit for each device will be 2 GB (double the typical
commercial
plan costing $65/month)
* If Data limit is reached on any month then the cost of the phone
will go
up $10/month to put limits on it for the future.
* IF data limit is discovered during a billing period the IT team
may
suspend the phone for remainder of the billing period and then apply the
limiting charge (above).
* Phone holders will be responsible for their phones, there is no
guarantee
of replacement if broken or lost.
>>>> New phones will require an additional $8.99 monthly insurance cost and may be at a higher monthly rate
* Phones may be taken back by the ranch if policy is not followed by
phone
holder
* All phone holders will need to sign an agreement to this effect (email response will be suitable)
* Monthly cost will be managed through the staff A/R account unless otherwise negotiated
* In the event of routine termination of employment, the staff member will have the
option
to purchase the phone(s) and contracting with a carrier for their own
service or returning the phone to IT department.
Please consider that this is a new policy and will likely change over time. We will make those changes visible to all who sign up.
Also consider that this policy covers the standard phones provided to date by Sunrise Ranch.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this mobile phone plan contact IT via the care desk casedesk@sunriseranch.org or directly to atom@sunriseranch.org
-Atom Terpening
Message updated in May, 2017