What Cellphone Provider ... Verizon or Nextel...

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Chess

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Does anyone know what the normal fee is when you kill your contract with sprint or any major cellphone company..
 

Chess

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Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: Chess
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Ron I'm crapping your thread. Get Verizon so we can do Mobile to Mobile and won't have to use peak...

Plop.

only thing imma peak is peak under your girls skirt and see the panties :) FOO


LOL don't copy me with ya woman, be more original like DHITB!


AHAHA i do do your girl in the butt only when i have your permission...

 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: Marauder-
Here's the gist of it. If the phone is going to be used by several people for a business - get Nextel. The service is unbeatable and the 2-way is invaluable for instant communications. But the plans are extremely expensive.

verizon will get PTT in the upcoming month or so
 

tw1164

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Originally posted by: Chess
Does anyone know what the normal fee is when you kill your contract with sprint or any major cellphone company..

I would guess $175, seems to be the norm. Nextel is $200 though :(
 

Chess

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Originally posted by: tw1164
Originally posted by: Chess
Does anyone know what the normal fee is when you kill your contract with sprint or any major cellphone company..

I would guess $175, seems to be the norm. Nextel is $200 though :(


see i dont know if iw ant to blow 175 and keep crappppppy service or just keep and pay the 45 a month with sprint....??
 

GeekDrew

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I'm a very big Nextel supporter... whomever claims that their plans are extremely expensive needs to take a look at their rate plans. For $70/month, I get FREE incoming, FREE nights & weekends (unlimited), FREE direct connect (PTT)(unlimited), and 600 anytime minutes. I think that's decent.

I really don't know what I would do without my Nextel. It's extremely valuable to me. :)

Drew
 

Chess

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Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I'm a very big Nextel supporter... whomever claims that their plans are extremely expensive needs to take a look at their rate plans. For $70/month, I get FREE incoming, FREE nights & weekends (unlimited), FREE direct connect (PTT)(unlimited), and 600 anytime minutes. I think that's decent.

I really don't know what I would do without my Nextel. It's extremely valuable to me. :)

Drew

here comes an aim drew :) hope to drive you nuts with my 21 questions...
 

BillGates

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I just went through the same thing you are going through, what a pain in the ass. I thought I could resist cell phones!!


I ended up going with Verizon and got this phone.. I love it so far and service has been great.


One "unadvertised" perk is free Internet access to those that can get it working. I have Yahoo (for WAP) set as my homepage right now and get all the associated info free without paying Verizon a penny for their service. I'm a happy camper!
 

tw1164

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Originally posted by: Chess
Originally posted by: tw1164
Originally posted by: Chess
Does anyone know what the normal fee is when you kill your contract with sprint or any major cellphone company..

I would guess $175, seems to be the norm. Nextel is $200 though :(


see i dont know if iw ant to blow 175 and keep crappppppy service or just keep and pay the 45 a month with sprint....??

can you reduce your plan to the lowest...say 19.99 and ride out the contract?
 

Marauder-

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Agreed w/ above (reduce to lowest plan) OR ( A BIG OR) you can sell your phone plan to someone else. For the SF Bay Area, you can usually craigs your phone + plan for $50. That's a great deal for people ending their contracts early. And if it's a good courier like Verizon, you can usually get a $20 to pick up your plan + phone.
 

Marauder-

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Oh yeah- you should check out the reviews for the phone that you'll be choosing for either courier. I can't speak for Nextel anymore (I used to have an i1000+) but for my Verizon phone (LG VX4400) it had exceptional reviews whereas I read some not so great things about the reception of the Motorola T720.