ight thanks I dint think i coudl get around it but was worth the try so damn........

Originally Posted by King_statuz

Since sprint and nextel a merging will this have an affect on me terminating my service with sprint do you think i will still have to pay the fee

Since the merger has not yet passed the approval stage in the FTC, just the shareholders' stage at both companies, so it is not likely you will be able to dodge the fee. Some members over at HowardForums think they might be able to beat this problem as NEXTEL will no longer exist as a company after the takeover when the merge is complete as the NEXTEL name will only live as a brand and the Sprint name will be the corporate name... not SprintNEXTEL as was mentioned at the initial merger announcement. THIS IS HIGHLY SPECULATIVE AND RELATES DIRECTLY TO IF THE MERGER DOES PASS THE FTC. Don't get your hopes up!

As I see it, because the two networks for both companies (iDEN: NEXTEL, CDMA: Sprint) will still be up and running individually until approximately 2010, and iDEN units will eventually be phased out for CDMA units for consumer usage, chances are you'll have to wait that long to dodge the ETF and by then your contract will be over anyway.

Ok so now i want to get a nextel i think its far more btter then sprint but at this point I have to pay and early termination fee to finish my contract but Since sprint and nextel a merging will this have an affect on me terminating my service with sprint do you think i will still have to pay the fee or do you think sprint might wave the fee if i tell them im switching to nextel well i highly doubt it but anyone here works for sprint or nextel that could answer my question?