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12-30-2007, 07:45 AM | #1 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Switching cell providers, help What is the best way to go about this? Should I activate the new phones first, before I cut off the old ones? I am taking my numbers with me, if that matters. I received with my last statement (Sprint) that they were changing some of the services and terms of my contract. I was thinking that I could use that to get out of paying the early termination fees on three phones. Yes, no?!? I'm so lost!
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12-30-2007, 07:53 AM | #2 |
Aubrey's Mom Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia
Posts: 9,369
| Activate your new phones first.. I think they can take the numbers when your old plan is still activated. Then just cancel your sprint. This is what I did when I changed plans. |
12-30-2007, 08:06 AM | #3 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Cool, thanks!
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12-30-2007, 08:11 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sequim, Wa
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| My experience is that the cell phone providers will NOT negotiate on the contract issue. I canceled with AT & T because of crappy service and faulty equipment and they still had the audacity to charge me an early termination fee of about $250. Read the fine print. I definitely would get the new service up and running before canceling the old. Depending on the time left on your contract, you may be money ahead to keep paying on the old until the contract ends, while using the new, or just wait until the old contract expires. Good luck!
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12-30-2007, 08:54 AM | #5 |
T&T-DYNOMITE! Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Austin, TX
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| Don't cancel first, otherwise you can't keep your numbers. You have to go to another company and keep your number, and it automatically cancels your old account when you switch your number to another company.
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12-30-2007, 09:09 AM | #6 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Telluride, CO
Posts: 309
| Yep - do it the way labrown says - the new company will take care of everything for you. I have never had them waive a termination fee though.
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12-30-2007, 11:15 AM | #7 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CA
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ditto on the new company will take care of everything (minus the cancellation fees).. i heard some companies do this though.. not sure which ones.. but thats what i heard.. this is what DH and i are doing today actually.. lol | |
01-02-2008, 04:06 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midland, TX
Posts: 2,166
| I just recently switched from Cellular One to Alltel. All I had to do was go to Alltel and set up the account. They switched my number for me and canceled the cellular one. I didn't have to do a thing!
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01-02-2008, 06:04 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CA
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| Do you know how long it takes for your old number to be switched and you can use it? the person at tmobile told us 6 - 24 hours... but it's ben 72 hours and it's still not working yet (our old numbers).. so just wondering.. |
01-02-2008, 06:08 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,693
| Cingular waived our early term. fees because we weren't in their coverage area when they switched to AT&T. So we switched to Cellular One. Now, they too have joined AT&T. grrrrrrr
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01-02-2008, 06:13 PM | #11 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Midland, TX
Posts: 2,166
| Well...after probably 12 hours or so I could recieve and send text messages on my Alltel phone, but incoming calls still came to my cellular one phone. I took almost 2 days before the Alltel phone completly took over. They told me that it is up to the provider that you are leaving to switch things over. Probably, the holidays are slowing things down for you
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01-02-2008, 06:39 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CA
Posts: 1,406
| thanks a lot, we ended up switching our service on the 30th, and with the holidays it's probably a lot slower than usual.. i guess we'll have to wait! lol |
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