Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

at the same time im pretty sure at&t and i would assume verizon have the same requirement, your only way around it is prepaid or one of the regional carriers. and yeah i think its bull, if youre willing to provide your own equipment you should be allowed to activate without the agreement, there really is no reason why they can't have that arrangement

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

T-Mobile will let you get a line without a contract. You just have to qualify (credit) for post-paid service and shell out an extra $10 per month...

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

If i ever get a chance to buy a Touch HD then that tmobile thing sounds cool, but i would still keep my line with sprint. I have the the best plan, and dont want to lose it. hopefully my unlimited data will encompass wimax when that gets rolled out.

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

at one point last year there was a no contract plan offered in teh sprint sales brochures. IIRC it was either 49.99 or 59.99 but you only got 200 anytime minutes 1000 n&w minutes with n&w starting at 9.. i havent seen it in the brochures in a while but it might be in the computers somewhere.

oh and you had to pay unactivated prices for the phone.

chanced are they dropped it when the power pack plans went away though.

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

yeah, that one was on the chopping block with power pack when they launched the everything plans

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

ok, where there's a will there's a way.. :)
I don't have any personal experience with this, but you can try to take over someone's plan, maybe someone here upgrading to a pre? I know i've seen sero plans offered up for sale. I don't think you have to have a fam plan, as long as you qualify for 2 lines. I think the trick is the other person has to qualify too, otherwise they would have to do a simple change of plans. or of course if they were just going to swich carriers.
you can do a # change for free.

another thought would be to give liberty wireless a call, maybe you'll get lucky and they'll accept the esn. (they resell sprint service on prepaid)

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

Hey I'm a Sprint rep. When normal consumer plans I don't think I've ever seen a new MDN become active without a contract. There was a basic month-to-month plan offered before the simply everythings came out. The coding may still be in the system, but I doubt any rep will activate it. You mentioned that you have a plan with the unlimited vision, text, and whatnot. When wimax roles out, I highly doubt those socs will still work. The phones that work with wimax will most likely require the unlimited plans, much like how we require the pre and instinct to be on simply everything plans. For example, if you look at the plans in our system for our broadband cards, there are a completely different set of codes for normal 3g cards, and the wimax cards avail up in baltimore. I hope this helps clarify things a little.
-Aaron

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

ok well this worked for me....goto your sprint store and just go thru the normal bs runaround their going to give you and just refuse to sign the contract tell them either they want your business or not if they say not then just start to leave more times than not they will give you what yu ewant because thier still getting there money in the end plus the salesman or woman gets their commission.thats what i did and i have not contract plus i flirted with the saleslady and got the discount on my tp for a new contract price...without the contract...

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

^ To the guy above me, I would double check that you don't have a contract anyway. I know plenty of reps who will lie through their teeth to get a sale no matter what kind of mess they make in the end.

Re: I want a new line w/out a contract....
 

I agree. One time i had my apache replaced through insurance in store, and the next time i checked my acct online i had a contract! I was like wtf?! So i called and give them hell and they ended my contract immediately. :protest:

That, and they couldnt provide me proof that i signed a contract... (i.e... no signature, no go)