Anyone break their wireless/cell phone contract b4??

[sorgaw]

i am stuck with the crappy ATT wireless plan!!! the quality of ATT is horrible now, i cannot make calls, got tons of dropped calls, people cannot hear my voice, etc etc.... i want to cancel the plan now and open T-mobile , but i just found out i still have 2 more months with ATT!!!! has anyone cancelled their service during the contract period before?? if so, what kind of excuse did you use on the csr?? thanks a lot~~

 

[fatbaby]

are there penalties for cancelling on your plan?

 

[Imported]

Can't you just say what you just said? Or do the contracts say that no matter how bad it is, you must pay the cancellation fee?

 

[sorgaw]

wow, such fast response from you guys

yes, i think the penalty to break the contract it's $150 my gf just got me a new phone from T-mobile , she knew i liked the Ericsson T68. So now i dont want to pay for rest of the ATT contract.


i think there are 3 possibilities now:
1. they let me off the contract withouth penalty!
2. let me downgrade my plan to $19.99 without signing another year contract, i will have to pay $40 for 2 months service.
3. i have to pay for two full month , which is $80 !!

 

[NutBucket]

Wasn't there a thread in HD about ATT letting ppl out of their contracts w/o penalty?

 

[Imported]

They'll let you downgrade if worst comes to worst.. or they should. I know Cingular does. Still another 3 months left on my contract before I switch out.

 

[TranceNation]

could be a problem with your phone and not their service, i had some problems and complained to them about it, they sent me a new phone and everything was working ok after that

 

[NetworkDad]

If you only have 2 more months with ATT, it might be cheaper just to pay the monthly service fee until the contract ends rather than coughing up $150.

 

[Thanatopsis]

Originally posted by: sorgaw
wow, such fast response from you guys

yes, i think the penalty to break the contract it's $150 my gf just got me a new phone from T-mobile , she knew i liked the Ericsson T68. So now i dont want to pay for rest of the ATT contract.


i think there are 3 possibilities now:
1. they let me off the contract withouth penalty!
2. let me downgrade my plan to $19.99 without signing another year contract, i will have to pay $40 for 2 months service.
3. i have to pay for two full month , which is $80 !!

1. Not gonna happen. That is the point of a contract - you agree to service for one year, not 10 months and whenever you feel like it.
2. Possible. I don't know how AT&T works. Some companies will allow you to switch plans. Others (like the hellish nightmare that Sprint PCS is) will not let you switch at all without renewing a year contract, and even then they usually screw it up.
3. $80 < $150.

 

[sorgaw]

I missed the ATT letting people out w/o penalty deal, because i didn't want to pay the high phone price at t-mobile back then. now tmobile has very good phone price and plan.

i understand $80 is less than $150, but still too expensive for a poor student like me, hehe, besides, i dont want to pay a dime for the horrible ATT service. All the friends i know have quality problem with ATT, so it's just not me.

can i tell them i am moving, so i want to cancell my phone?? because i am going to move back to my university once the school start.... will they accept that excuse?? hmm...