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I have a question about number portability & switching carriers.
Background:
- currently have Cingular service, off-contract
- GAIT plan, using Nokia 6340i
- main usage in SE Michigan,
- occasional Northern MI & National travel, mostly urban areas
- been happy with coverage
- (except for the "dropped call on cell hand-off" issue w/ 6340)
Standard advice when switching carriers is to verify coverage in
the specific areas I intend to use the service. Presumably this
means that if I'm not happy, I should cancel in the 2 week trial
period.
My question regards number portability (obviously I want to keep my
number). If I try Sprint (or any carrier, for that matter), and
switch my number, and then find out that I don't like the coverage,
what happens to my number when I cancel? If I were to go back to
Cingular after switching away, I would have to sign a new contract,
and probably won't be able to get back on the GAIT plan.
The only solution I can think of is to sign up for new service and
try it. Don't cancel existing Cingular service, and don't port my
number to the new carrier at first. If the service is decent, then
cancel during the trial period. Then I can sign up again, porting
my number this time, knowing that the service will be acceptable.
Alternatively, can I try new service out, and then port my existing
number, or must the porting be done at start of contract?
Thanks for any clarification or advice. I don't want to complicate
things, but I also don't want to get stuck with sub-par service, or
having to get a new number.
--
Regards,
Dan Parks
I have a question about number portability & switching carriers.
Background:
- currently have Cingular service, off-contract
- GAIT plan, using Nokia 6340i
- main usage in SE Michigan,
- occasional Northern MI & National travel, mostly urban areas
- been happy with coverage
- (except for the "dropped call on cell hand-off" issue w/ 6340)
Standard advice when switching carriers is to verify coverage in
the specific areas I intend to use the service. Presumably this
means that if I'm not happy, I should cancel in the 2 week trial
period.
My question regards number portability (obviously I want to keep my
number). If I try Sprint (or any carrier, for that matter), and
switch my number, and then find out that I don't like the coverage,
what happens to my number when I cancel? If I were to go back to
Cingular after switching away, I would have to sign a new contract,
and probably won't be able to get back on the GAIT plan.
The only solution I can think of is to sign up for new service and
try it. Don't cancel existing Cingular service, and don't port my
number to the new carrier at first. If the service is decent, then
cancel during the trial period. Then I can sign up again, porting
my number this time, knowing that the service will be acceptable.
Alternatively, can I try new service out, and then port my existing
number, or must the porting be done at start of contract?
Thanks for any clarification or advice. I don't want to complicate
things, but I also don't want to get stuck with sub-par service, or
having to get a new number.
--
Regards,
Dan Parks