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More info?)
Steve, thanks for the good info. I'll have to consider other carriers and
plans more closely if I am to switch plans.
"Steve Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in message news:ck6oua$elu$1@ratbert.glorb.com...
> Roger wrote:
> > Steve, thanks for your concern. To clarify, I'm getting dropped calls that
> > are a little irritating but it certainly doesn't make my service unusable.
> > If that were the case, I would have switched long ago.
>
> Well, perhaps you should consider Sprint then. Sprint is no longer the
> lowest-cost service, having been replaced in that role by AT&T and Cingular,
> but they're not as expensive as Verizon is either. They do offer 7pm nights as
> a $5/month addon (I believe Cingular's 7pm is $7, don't know how much AT&T's is).
>
> If you know anyone in your area who has Sprint, you may want to ask them about
> the service. If not, Sprint has a 14-day trial period during which you can
> return the phone and it'll only cost you the $36 activation fee plus charges
> for airtime you actually used - you can take advantage of that trial period to
> make sure the service will work for you.
>
> If you want to port your number, wait to do the port until you are sure the
> service will work. Sprint WILL let you port a phone number to an existing line
> of service - I did it myself less than two months ago.
>
>
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