So I decided to Ditch at&t for Verizon I am really glad about that.
So let me explain a little what is going on
Me and my friend got the iPhones on 09/16/2010. As of today it is 3/1/2012 and the line was disconnected 3 days before our each billing cycle which is always on the 20th.
I paid off my ETF because earlier I got iPhone 4s which I sold so ok , I paid my 295 ETF now his ETF is 155$ from what I know each month the ETF goes -10$ and there is only 60 months left so what i'm seeing is that his ETF should be in range of 60$? not 155.
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Contract Termination Fee $155.00
County Gross Receipts Surcharge $4.20
Federal Universal Service Charge $9.50
MTA Telecom Surcharge $1.52
State Telecommunications Excise Surcharge $6.12
Please Note: before the number was moved bill was paid in FULL for each number
so take a look at this
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Total Government Fees & Taxes - Taxes and surcharges are applied to your wireless service based on rates determined by federal, state and local laws. These charges are generally applied to recurring monthly charges, local usage, toll usage and roaming usage. The actual charges will vary, depending upon the particular tax, taxing authority, and the state, city or county where you reside.
NY State Sales Tax $6.88
NY State Telecom Tax $1.63
City Sales Tax $7.74
City Telecom Tax $1.84
City District Sales Tax $0.64
City District Telecom Tax
TOTAL MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGES Total Monthly Service Charges - This is the monthly charge of your wireless services, which includes your monthly rate plan, added services and wireless data. This amount does not include usage charges, government fees & taxes, credits, adjustments or other charges. $37.34
^^ when the line has been disconected and those are charges for last month which I paid...
I need someone who can help me i promise to throw you a beer!
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Hello!
My mother has been on at&t for the past year with her iphone 3g, she got sucked in by the shinyness of the iphone and is currently paying for her old contract on t-mobile and her current contract on at&t. by now she has become quite fed up with at&t and wants to terminate her contract and just use her old t-mobile contract that she has been paying for since the coverage is almost the same, if not worse on at&t.
i havent been able to get a straight answer anywhere, including at&t
does anyone know roughly how much it will cost to terminate her contract early? and more importantly will she be able to keep her iphone, or will they make her return it?
she bought the iphone with the contract signing discount and has been with at&t for a little over year.
thanks for anyone who can help!
you agree to pay us with respect to each device identifier or telephone number assigned to you, in addition to all other amounts owed, an Early Termination Fee of $175 ("Early Termination Fee"). For service activated on or after May 25, 2008, the Early Termination Fee will be reduced by $5.00 for each full month toward your minimum term that you complete. The Early Termination Fee is not a penalty, but rather a charge to compensate us for your failure to satisfy the Service Commitment on which your rate plan is based.
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In my opinion this sounds too good to be true, because 175 dollars and less is not that expensive for me.
And you do get to keep the iPhone (because you paid a price for it, although I think it would make more sense if you had to pay the extra cost due to the fact that their is also a no-commitment price for phones as well, therefore companies should literally force you to pay the difference of no-commitment and commitment price).
For example, if ATT says that the iPhone will cost you 600 for a no commitment price, but you bought it for 300 with a 2 year commitment, you should pay the 300 dollars.
But I think you will not be charged for the phone. You'll be charged 175 dollars reduced by 5 dollars for each month that you have fulfilled your commitment.
Some Studentrate Holiday Specials for Students
• 10% on qualifying monthly recurring charges for new and existing customers (includes voice, text & e-mail services)*exclusions apply
• Waived Activation Fees ($35 savings per line)
• Free 2 Day Shipping
• FREE Bluetooth Headset or FREE car charger with selected device through 866# only
• FREE and/or Discount Devices with new activation
All these are Buy one get one free until 1/18/10
• T-Mobile G2
• SAMSUNG Vibrant
• Blackberry BOLD
• Samsung Gravity 3
• NEW MytTOUCH
• NEW T-Mobile COMET
AAA members get a 12% discount and members of the national PTA get a 14% discount.
It costs $35 (I think) to become a lifetime member of the national PTA online, you don't have to have kids or anything.
I guess that's a great deal thanks for sharing!
Sounds good to me!
This is where I found the deal online but I think you have to call customer service to get it http://studentrate.com/StudentRate/usc/get-usc-student-deals/T-Mobile-Discounts-for-StudentRate-Members--/0
There are also a lot of corporate rates available, as well as Federal employee discounts (needed now that we get no cost of living increase for 2 years...).
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So, I have a real problem. I've been with Sprint for 10 years as of this August. I have perfect payment history and a credit rating above 780. I currently own the HTC Hero, which has been a good little phone, but I want to upgrade. I have the $150 credit to get a new phone, but that's where the issues begin to crop up.
My current contract expires Feb. 19, 2012. Because of successful negotiations in the past with Sprint's Executive Services, I pay $36 and change after taxes and fees for the following:
Plan details
Everything Data 450 $69.99
450 Anytime Minutes Included
Nationwide Long Distance Included
America - Roaming Included
Unlimited Any Mobile, Anytime
Unlimited SMS Text Messaging
Unlimited Picture Mail
Unlimited Data Usage
GPS Navigation
Sprint Data Essentials Pack
Nights: M-TH 7pm-7am Wknd: F 7pm-M 7am
Caller ID
Call Waiting
Three-Way Calling
Voicemail
Add-on services for:
Sprint Navigation
$0.00
Cellular Call Detail
$0.00
Unlimited Nights&Weekends-7pm
$0.00
Premium Data $0 add-on charge
$0.00
300 bonus Anytime Minutes per month
$0.00
Unlimited Any Mobile, Anytime
$0.00
Data Usage
$0.00
Picture Mail
$0.00
I don't use a whole lot of minutes (mostly mobile-to-mobile), don't use a whole lot of data (never more than 2GB/mo), and my max texts are typically around 3500/mo.
I want to upgrade my phone, and I'm considering the SGS2. I have been in contact with Executive Services recently, and the lowdown is that if I want to get a new phone, I will have to pay $200 for the phone. Then, since I was grandfathered in, I'll have to pay the premium data fee of $10/mo. But, I will also have to renew my contract and I will lose the extra $20/mo service credit that is currently offsetting the price of my service. I will retain my corporate discount of 27%, but, all told, after taxes and fees, simply upgrading my phone for $200 will actually increase the price of my service to about $65-70/mo after taxes and fees. This is nearly doubling the price of my service, and without a free phone to boot.
This is nearly the price of similar competing Verizon and AT&T service plans (after my corp discounts there), but Sprint doesn't offer 4G in my area (Albuquerque, NM), and their 3G service is spotty, at best.
Why should I stay with Sprint? Are there better options?
If your bill is going to go up anyway you might want to consider going with a carrier that offers GSM phones (t-mobile, AT&T). That way if you manage to wangle the price of your contract down over the years and face a similar situation as you're in now you can just go out and buy any GSM phone, unlock it (if necessary), stick your current SIM card in and voila, you have a new phone, but you get to keep your existing (cheap) contract.
I joined t-mobile about 2 months ago on a monthly rolling contract, I wanted to change my phone so I just bought a Samsung Exhibit 2 outright from Amazon and stuck my current SIM card in. No hassle.
That's sage advice. Thank you!
How much of a difference from $65-70/mo am I looking at from other cellular providers for the same level of service? Just a cursory check finds $0.01 Verizon phone deals through Amazon, and similar monthly recurring charges for 450 anytime, unlimited text, and 4GB data, after corporate discounts.
If you cancel service immediately (eg. the day after) after starting service and want to keep the device, I know there will be an early termination fee. Will you also be responsible for the first month's bill? Asking specifically for AT&T.
Thanks.
From contract :
"Within the first 14 days after service activation, you may terminate your Agreement for any reason and not be required to pay an ETF. If you terminate within three (3) days of accepting the Agreement, AT&T will refund your activation fee, if any. However, you agree to pay AT&T for all fees, charges, and other amounts incurred and owed under your Agreement, and you agree to pay AT&T for all fees, charges, and other amounts incurred and owed under your Agreement, and you agree to return to AT&T any Equipment you purchased from AT&T in connection with your Service Commitment. If you fail to return this Equipment, you will be charged the difference between the amount you paid AT&T for the Equipment and the amount you would have been charged for the Equipment had you not agreed to a Service Commitment"
I don't really see a point in doing this - you're likely going to pay more than if you bought elsewhere since you'll basically just be buying the phone off-contract from ATT. Why even open a new line / account ? - just buy it outright and save the extra paper and possibility of getting hit with extra fees on top of the price of the phone (didn't read the whole contract, might, might not).
Or buy the phone from a third-party or used. ATT, as you can see, has contractual protections against people trying to defraud them by signing up for service, cancelling, and making off with the subsidised device, sorry bro.
After spending some time chatting with a Sprint rep, I found that if you have a discount with Sprint provided by your employer, that discount is significantly lower on the new "Unlimited, My Way" plans than any now grandfathered plan. I only found one thread referencing this on the Sprint community forums and nothing here on XDA.
An example:
Let's say you currently use the Everything Data 450 plan. You're paying their $10 "premium data" fee per month, plus the regular plan fee of $69.99, for an $79.99 total bill before taxes and surcharges. It's been stated by Sprint reps that migrating from this plan to the Unlimited, My Way plan would only increase your monthly bill by $0.01, since the "Unlimited Talk and Text" costs $50 per month, and unlimited data adds $30,00, for a total bill of $80 (premium data fee no longer necessary). However, something I haven't found advertised is the fact that an employee discount no longer applies to your entire monthly plan fee, but only to the data package you select.
On the grandfathered plan, your 20% discount would yield a savings of $14 per month, but on the new plans, the discount (based only on the mothly data fee) is only $6.
TL;DR - If your employer provides a discount for your Sprint service and you don't approach or exceed the allowable minutes on your current plan, think twice before upgrading to one of the new Unlimited, My Way plans.