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Cost to dump Sprint by porting to GV?

amdhunter

amdhunter

Lifer
Got the OK yesterday to order iPhone 4's from work, so they should be here tomorrow.

I currently pay ~$90 a month for Sprint service (taxes, insurance...etc) and rarely use it, so I was thinking to porting my Sprint number to GV. (I've had the same number since Summer of 1999.)

I am a Sprint Premier customer, and can upgrade my phone today, but, my contract is not technically over until October 2011.

If I port my number to GV, what exactly happens? Will Sprint charge me the full termination fee, or a partial fee?

Anyone know? There is no real need to carry around 2 smartphones, and even if Sprint came out with something spectacular this year, I could always sign up with a new number.
 
Wow, thanks. I can't wait. As soon as the new phone is in my hands, my time with Sprint is over. I am actually looking forward to having a few extra dollars to pocket every month.
 
her209 said:
Why does porting your number terminate your contract?
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Because there's no longer a number associated with your account, and you therefore can't use their service anymore, so they automatically terminate your account/contract and charge you an ETF if it applies.
 
Slick5150 said:
Because there's no longer a number associated with your account, and you therefore can't use their service anymore, so they automatically terminate your account/contract and charge you an ETF if it applies.
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Why can't you just be assigned a new one?
 
Glitchny said:
because then the carrier couldn't charge you for the ETF and a new account for the new number.
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It sounds like the OP wants to ditch Sprint anyways. You could probably get Sprint to work with you if you wanted to get a new number.... Sprint gets a lot more money out of monthly fees as opposed to a one time ETF.
 
You guys that are ditching Sprint, what do you have for phones? Girlfriend wants a new phone, so I'm always looking for people getting rid of Sprint phones.
 
Krynj said:
You guys that are ditching Sprint, what do you have for phones? Girlfriend wants a new phone, so I'm always looking for people getting rid of Sprint phones.
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Really busted Hero. Power button doesn't work most of the time (have to squeeze really hard) and scarred and scratched screen. It looks like it's been in a war. lol
 
boomhower said:
Sounds like his job is paying for it. AT&T doesn't doesn't have to even have 3G here and I would drop my current service and deal with the slower speed for no bill.
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Yep. And when all the people move off to Verizon, AT&T will probably get better.

There have been days when I couldn't place a call, but it hasn't been that bad lately.
 
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