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  1. #1
    Compulady
    Guest
    Scenario
    I am an AT&T customer without a contract and currently have a TDMA Phone
    I want to move to Cingular and upgrade to GSM and to get a new phone
    *** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    than my billing address
    I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    wish to change it for a lot of reasons.

    Question
    Best Buy has a good deal on the Motorola v551 and only requires a 1 year
    contract so I prefer to upgrade through them. Do I need to go into a Best
    Buy in the original state? Will they give me a hard time when they see my
    billing address?

    If I purchase my plan through Best Buy, can I call Cingular directly after
    that to make changes to my account or do I have to go through Best Buy?

    Do I have to just upgrade through Cingular online to avoid any hassle? The
    reason I didn't want to do that is that you are forced into a 2 year plan if
    you order online. The phone is like a 100.00 more if you call customer
    service and want a 1 year plan.

    Bottom Line
    I want a 1 year plan as I am afraid to get locked into a 2 year contract.
    I don't want to pay a fortune for the Motorola phone.
    I want to keep my existing phone number.

    Your thoughts and/or suggestions are appreciated.





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  2. #2
    Shaolin Superfly
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular


    "Compulady" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:l42Dd.1715$%[email protected]...
    > Scenario
    > I am an AT&T customer without a contract and currently have a TDMA Phone
    > I want to move to Cingular and upgrade to GSM and to get a new phone
    > *** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    > than my billing address
    > I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    > wish to change it for a lot of reasons.



    They won't let you keep the number.


    >
    > Question
    > Best Buy has a good deal on the Motorola v551 and only requires a 1 year
    > contract so I prefer to upgrade through them. Do I need to go into a Best
    > Buy in the original state? Will they give me a hard time when they see my
    > billing address?



    Even if you go to the state and city where the number originated they will
    not let you keep the number. You must make a majority of your calls from
    within that specified "local" calling area to keep your number een if you
    are on a national plan.


    >
    > If I purchase my plan through Best Buy, can I call Cingular directly after
    > that to make changes to my account or do I have to go through Best Buy?



    Sorry. It won't make a difference.


    >
    > Do I have to just upgrade through Cingular online to avoid any hassle?

    The
    > reason I didn't want to do that is that you are forced into a 2 year plan

    if
    > you order online. The phone is like a 100.00 more if you call customer
    > service and want a 1 year plan.
    >
    > Bottom Line
    > I want a 1 year plan as I am afraid to get locked into a 2 year contract.
    > I don't want to pay a fortune for the Motorola phone.
    > I want to keep my existing phone number.
    >
    > Your thoughts and/or suggestions are appreciated.


    No matter how you slice it you will not be able to keep your present number
    if you reside and make the majority of your calls from a different area
    code/region/state.

    HTH

    --
    SS





  3. #3
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <l42Dd.1715$%[email protected]> on Thu, 06 Jan 2005
    03:16:33 GMT, "Compulady" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Scenario
    >I am an AT&T customer without a contract and currently have a TDMA Phone
    >I want to move to Cingular and upgrade to GSM and to get a new phone
    >*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    >than my billing address
    >I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    >wish to change it for a lot of reasons.


    Not possible.

    >Question
    >Best Buy has a good deal on the Motorola v551 and only requires a 1 year
    >contract so I prefer to upgrade through them.


    That deal only applies to new subscribers, and you're not a new subscriber --
    Cingular already "owns" you.

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  4. #4
    Dan Albrich
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    > Question
    > Best Buy has a good deal on the Motorola v551 and only requires a 1 year
    > contract so I prefer to upgrade through them. Do I need to go into a Best
    > Buy in the original state?

    --> This is the best plan given that you want to keep your number.

    Will they give me a hard time when they see my
    > billing address?

    --> Maybe. You might give them an address in your old state, then
    sign up for online payment. At that point who cares what your billing
    address is?
    >
    > If I purchase my plan through Best Buy, can I call Cingular directly after
    > that to make changes to my account or do I have to go through Best Buy?


    --> If you dial 611, Cingular customer service will answer the phone.
    (No need for best buy)

    > Do I have to just upgrade through Cingular online to avoid any hassle?

    The
    > reason I didn't want to do that is that you are forced into a 2 year plan
    > if
    > you order online. The phone is like a 100.00 more if you call customer
    > service and want a 1 year plan.

    I'd do the upgrade in the state where you want the local number, then carry
    the phone to where you are now. Chances are Cingular will never notice or
    care unless most of your network use is roaming. i.e. I assume you are not
    roaming at your new location.

    Finally, if Cingular won't do all this for you, you might see if Verizon
    will port
    your number for you the way you like (assuming they are an option).

    It is likely you'll have to pay an activation fee, and buy a phone either
    way.

    -Dan





  5. #5
    Elmo P. Shagnasty
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    In article <[email protected]>,
    John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

    > >*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    > >than my billing address
    > >I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    > >wish to change it for a lot of reasons.

    >
    > Not possible.


    There goes John with his absolutes.

    There are so many ways to achieve this, but John will deny that. He has
    spoken, and nothing he says is a mistake, therefore he can never
    acknowledge that he made a mistake here.




  6. #6
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Thu, 06 Jan 2005
    23:37:02 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> >*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    >> >than my billing address
    >> >I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    >> >wish to change it for a lot of reasons.

    >>
    >> Not possible.

    >
    >There goes John with his absolutes.
    >
    >There are so many ways to achieve this, ...


    But you don't list any, so we know it's just more hot air.

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  7. #7
    Tony Clark
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular


    "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    SNIP

    >>Scenario
    >>I am an AT&T customer without a contract and currently have a TDMA Phone
    >>I want to move to Cingular and upgrade to GSM and to get a new phone
    >>*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    >>than my billing address
    >>I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    >>wish to change it for a lot of reasons.

    >
    > Not possible.
    >


    Well that would depend actually on where he moved to. For example if he
    lived in Portland Orgeon and moved to Vancouver Washington which is
    essentially across the river from Portland he could do this.

    >>Question
    >>Best Buy has a good deal on the Motorola v551 and only requires a 1 year
    >>contract so I prefer to upgrade through them.

    >
    > That deal only applies to new subscribers, and you're not a new
    > subscriber --
    > Cingular already "owns" you.
    >

    Again it depends on the deal he is talking about. If he's talking about the
    $50 rebate on the V551 he can get that even though he is only migrating from
    ATT to Cingular. I know this for a fact because I did this myself.

    His best course of action, IMHO, is to drop the old account and number and
    walk into Best Buy as a new customer in a new area and he will probably get
    the best deal on the phone. Plus the people that need to call him in his new
    location will not like having to pay long distance if they have to dial his
    old out of state number.

    Cheers
    TC





  8. #8
    Dick
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:37:02 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> >*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    >> >than my billing address
    >> >I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    >> >wish to change it for a lot of reasons.

    >>
    >> Not possible.

    >
    >There goes John with his absolutes.
    >
    >There are so many ways to achieve this, but John will deny that. He has
    >spoken, and nothing he says is a mistake, therefore he can never
    >acknowledge that he made a mistake here.


    Something interesting I saw yesterday. I received a flyer with my new
    Cingular phone that described a service called AT&T CallVantage. It
    replaces your traditional phone. One of the features is, "Keep your
    current phone number or pick an area code of your choice." Not sure
    it has anything to do with what we are discussing here, but
    interesting that you can pick any area code.



  9. #9
    steve
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    In article <[email protected]>, Dick wrote:
    >
    > Something interesting I saw yesterday. I received a flyer with my new
    > Cingular phone that described a service called AT&T CallVantage. It
    > replaces your traditional phone. One of the features is, "Keep your
    > current phone number or pick an area code of your choice." Not sure
    > it has anything to do with what we are discussing here, but
    > interesting that you can pick any area code.


    That's an ATT product, not ATT wireless. You got that with a cingular
    phone?



  10. #10
    Dick
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:19:45 GMT, steve <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>, Dick wrote:
    >>
    >> Something interesting I saw yesterday. I received a flyer with my new
    >> Cingular phone that described a service called AT&T CallVantage. It
    >> replaces your traditional phone. One of the features is, "Keep your
    >> current phone number or pick an area code of your choice." Not sure
    >> it has anything to do with what we are discussing here, but
    >> interesting that you can pick any area code.

    >
    >That's an ATT product, not ATT wireless. You got that with a cingular
    >phone?


    Well, it wasn't actually inside the phone box. It was with the papers
    included with the shipment from Amazon.com which is an authorized
    Cingular dealer.



  11. #11
    Stanley Reynolds
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    <snip>
    > >> >*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area

    code
    > >> >than my billing address
    > >> >I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I

    don't
    > >> >wish to change it for a lot of reasons.
    > >>
    > >> Not possible.

    > >

    <snip>
    > Something interesting I saw yesterday. I received a flyer with my new
    > Cingular phone that described a service called AT&T CallVantage. It
    > replaces your traditional phone. One of the features is, "Keep your
    > current phone number or pick an area code of your choice." Not sure
    > it has anything to do with what we are discussing here, but
    > interesting that you can pick any area code.

    These VOIP services will except a portable number but they don't have local
    numbers everywhere.
    Net2phone Voiceline has the most local numbers and would be a good start.
    Others are Broadvoice and Vonage or Vonage canada. The cable compines like
    charter also offer this service. It requires a broadband connection so would
    not be a good replacement for a cell phone. But if you want to keep the
    number you could transfer calls from your VOIP service to your cell phone
    and this would not require a internet connection.





  12. #12
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 07 Jan 2005
    08:50:19 GMT, "Tony Clark" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >His best course of action, IMHO, is to drop the old account and number and
    >walk into Best Buy as a new customer in a new area and he will probably get
    >the best deal on the phone. Plus the people that need to call him in his new
    >location will not like having to pay long distance if they have to dial his
    >old out of state number.


    He'd have to wait 90 days after dropping the old account to do that.

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  13. #13
    Tropical Haven
    Guest

    Re: Questions About Upgrading and switching to Cingular

    >>*** I moved to a neighboring state so my phone has a different area code
    >>than my billing address
    >>I want to keep this phone number as everyone knows this number and I don't
    >>wish to change it for a lot of reasons.

    >
    >
    > Not possible.


    I lived in a state where neither Cingular nor AT&T Wireless provided
    service for over a year. Cingular was more than happy to have me as a
    customer while I lived there. I had no problems, and Cingular did not
    terminate my service due to excessive roaming or extended periods of
    time away from a Cingular network. In my user agreement though,
    Cingular had the option of terminating my service after 90 days where
    more than 50 % (the actual number was 100%) of my plan usage was on
    non-Cingular owned systems. However, Cingular did not.

    TH




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