I was not planning on leaving the U.S

[MorrisDancer]

I have two AT&t phones. One is out of contract the other has a year left. I am moving to France and at best they would be paper weights. Any ideas on getting out of the second contract?

 

[Phynaz]

Just call them and tell them.
If they cannot provide you service, they will cancel your contract without a termination fee.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Phynaz
Just call them and tell them.
If they cannot provide you service, they will cancel your contract without a termination fee.

I doubt this.

 

[erub]

your phone will work in france, for $.99/min. You can obviously cancel the out of contract one. The other one, you are lucky, this year they changed the ETF structure. Instead of flat $150, its now (in the last year or so) been made so it depends on how many months you have left in your contract. You took a discounted phone, this is your punishment..probably cost you $100 or so.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

Originally posted by: erub
your phone will work in france, for $.99/min. You can obviously cancel the out of contract one. The other one, you are lucky, this year they changed the ETF structure. Instead of flat $150, its now (in the last year or so) been made so it depends on how many months you have left in your contract. You took a discounted phone, this is your punishment..probably cost you $100 or so.

I believe the new ETF is for new contracts after the pricing structure changed; ie if you signed your contract in September your ETF drops $5/month, if not, you're on the hook for $175.

Hopefully for the consumers sake I'm wrong, but I doubt any wireless provider would alter the contract to benefit the customer.

 

[mattocs]

I got out of Sprint and Verizon when I moved to areas that they didn't service. ATT should do this, too.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

Yes, there should be a clause in the contract about an unforeseeable move. You'd have to prove to them that this move was unintentional and unplanned, especially when you signed your contract. A letter from your employer should do the trick. It's pretty similar to a lease, in that one of the few ways you can get out of it is by a force out of your control.

 

[Muadib]

Here are their latest terms. The only way for you to get out of your contract is to pay $175.

Originally posted by: onlyCOpunk
Yes, there should be a clause in the contract about an unforeseeable move. You'd have to prove to them that this move was unintentional and unplanned, especially when you signed your contract. A letter from your employer should do the trick. It's pretty similar to a lease, in that one of the few ways you can get out of it is by a force out of your control.

If they allowed this, everyone would claim it. If you don't want a contract, pay full price for the phone.