Service for a phone I already own

Richard Ness <[email protected]> wrote:
> You want service, you get a contract.
> Them's the rules. There is no VZW plan that you can
> sign up for, without a contract.
>
> In fact, I think this is now true across the board with all carriers.
> Pre-pay is the exception.

I don't recall whether Sprint does the no-contract thing or not, still.
They used to do it, you'd just pay $10 more per month. I started that way
with Sprint because I needed to be sure they had service in our neighborhood
before I committed to a contract.

I do believe Cingular does the no-contract thing, though. At least they used
to. I haven't heard that they've gotten rid of it but OTOH I'm not a Cingular
customer.

(Reply is crossposted to a.c.cingular and a.c.sprintpcs so customers/employees/
agents of those carriers can comment...)

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]=20
says...
> Richard Ness <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You want service, you get a contract.
> > Them's the rules. There is no VZW plan that you can
> > sign up for, without a contract.
> >=20
> > In fact, I think this is now true across the board with all carriers.
> > Pre-pay is the exception.
>=20
> I don't recall whether Sprint does the no-contract thing or not, still.
> They used to do it, you'd just pay $10 more per month. I started that way=
=20
> with Sprint because I needed to be sure they had service in our neighborh=
ood
> before I committed to a contract.
>=20
> I do believe Cingular does the no-contract thing, though. At least they u=
sed
> to. I haven't heard that they've gotten rid of it but OTOH I'm not a Cing=
ular
> customer.
>=20
> (Reply is crossposted to a.c.cingular and a.c.sprintpcs so customers/empl=
oyees/
> agents of those carriers can comment...)
>=20
>=20
SPCS *does* provide an option for no contract. It comes with a $10=20
additional monthly fee, but it's available. You can't buy a phone=20
and get a rebate without some commitment, but that's obviously not a=20
real issue here.

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I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 17:08:26 -0500, Steven J Sobol
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I don't recall whether Sprint does the no-contract thing or not, still.
>They used to do it, you'd just pay $10 more per month.

They did as of last summer. I've not heard of any policy changes.