The Contract Game
I read that you could buy your phone outright and get no commitment in Consumer Reports, the Jan or Dec issue. At least, that's what I read.
Further studies conducted by me calling customer support for each carrier gave me THIS information:
Sprint: will make you sign a two year commit if you bring in your own sprint phone. (Jerks.) So if you plan on signing up, at least get a free phone with your two year contract, then switch out the phone and sell it on ebay.
Alltel: will let you on a current price plan with no commitment. (This company has some things going well for them.)
T-Mobile: They will make you sign a one year agreement if you bring in your own phone. OR you can do "Flexpay", where you just pay the first month outright....
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Further studies conducted by me calling customer support for each carrier gave me THIS information:
Sprint: will make you sign a two year commit if you bring in your own sprint phone. (Jerks.) So if you plan on signing up, at least get a free phone with your two year contract, then switch out the phone and sell it on ebay.
Alltel: will let you on a current price plan with no commitment. (This company has some things going well for them.)
T-Mobile: They will make you sign a one year agreement if you bring in your own phone. OR you can do "Flexpay", where you just pay the first month outright....
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Yeah I think it is baloney for those other carriers if you bring in your own equipment that you have to sign a contract. It's unethical. The only reason contracts are signed or should be signed are for discounts on subsidized handsets...too bad not all the others do the no commitment thing...
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Alltel would be the way to go. I work for Alltel but have a personal line with T-Mobile; coverage is crap, prices are steep, customer service is lackluster.
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prices are steep? Tmobile is the cheapest. As they say you pay for what you get though! And CS is pretty damn good with them. You are only right in one area coverage!!!
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