[JackSchitt28]

when i first got in the military 5 years ago, i did'nt have credit, so verizon, sprint, cingular and the other cell phone providers did not want to give me a contract without at least a $200 deposit. when you are an E-2 fresh out of bootcamp that $200 is alot of money. well my mom decided she would get me a phone through sprint in her name and i would just pay the bill. worked out great because they had great coverage where i was getting stationed. they had absolutely no coverage where my mom lived in Texas, not even roaming. so about 3 years go by and i get engaged and my future wife and i decide to go on the sprint family plan together. it was just going to jump on her account. i called sprint after i changed the billing address back to my moms house in Texas and told them i had moved and since the account was in my moms name and there was no service in her area they were required by law to cancel the service with no ETF, the hardest part was 3 way calling my mom to have her verify that the change needed to be made. i hung up and 5 minutes later the service was off. dunno if they will still go for this now, but they should. give it a try.