Upgrade Question with 8 months still left on my Sprint account - Page 2

adenicol · #11 (**permalink**) 05-22-2010, 10:11 PM

I have had the phone number since I was with Nextel before they joined with Sprint and all my business customers have it so loosing that number isn't really an option.

I came up with a solution that is going to work with me I think. I had a data plan I was going to cancel (I only had it about 6 months but the overdrive i had for it broke and I didn't have equipment protection) and it was going to cost me $200 to cancel. So I am just going to leave that active, save the $200 calcelation fee and use the $200 towards buying the EVO without the contract. Then I can put the new phone on that line, have Sprint swap phone numebers (being it is the same account) and just paying the $70 or $80 to cancel the other line (Or I may just put it on seasonal standby for now as I am only paying $35 a month now to 500 minutes and unlimited text and data).

ChrisH09 · #12 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jah2006

Sprint wont port numbers within their own company, with an exception of sprint to nextel and vice versa. So if you cancel a line that number will be lost. But what you can do is port it out to a cheap prepaid phone, then cancel your line and get a new one, and finally have sprint port that number back to your new line.

Or just txt and call everyone and tell them your getting a new number and not worry about porting your number out....easy...done...simple...Why go through the hassle of keeping your number?

fr0st · #13 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisH09

Or just txt and call everyone and tell them your getting a new number and not worry about porting your number out....easy...done...simple...Why go through the hassle of keeping your number?

Some people had the same cell number for 10+ years

ace741 · #14 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisH09

Or just txt and call everyone and tell them your getting a new number and not worry about porting your number out....easy...done...simple...Why go through the hassle of keeping your number?

Its more than just friends. All my accounts have this number (bank, credit cards, who knows how many other organizations) Not to mention I am job hunting and recruiters have my number. Never had a home line so this is my primary number for everything. If I had to guess of the places that I've have to change my number, I would put it in the 20 something, and those are only the ones I can remember.

supdawg · #15 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 01:35 PM

Why cant you just perform an ESN swap when you receive your new phone? That's what I was planning to do.

Going to buy EVO as a new line, do an ESN swap and move my TP2's # to the EVO, then disconnect the TP2's new #, and pay the ETF on that line.

Sounds simple.

My ETF fee will be a lot less than paying full retail for the EVO.

**Boo Boo** · #16 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 02:36 PM

cancel your bb buy it retail at sprint than sell your old phone. that way you are not stuck in another 2 year

ubigred · #17 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by supdawg

Why cant you just perform an ESN swap when you receive your new phone? That's what I was planning to do.

Going to buy EVO as a new line, do an ESN swap and move my TP2's # to the EVO, then disconnect the TP2's new #, and pay the ETF on that line.

Sounds simple.

My ETF fee will be a lot less than paying full retail for the EVO.

Yea that sounds like a great idea for people who want to buy it out right.

slopokdave · #18 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Boo Boo

cancel your bb buy it retail at sprint than sell your old phone. that way you are not stuck in another 2 year

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Originally Posted by ubigred

Yea that sounds like a great idea for people who want to buy it out right.

What will the ETF fee be in this situation?

adenicol · #19 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 07:46 PM

Early Termination Fee for me comes to $80. That's a lot better than the $200 cancellation fee I have on my data line.

Sprint calculates the ETF at $10 a month times how ever many months you still have on your contract.

**Cicatrize** · #20 (**permalink**) 05-23-2010, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by adenicol

Early Termination Fee for me comes to $80. That's a lot better than the $200 cancellation fee I have on my data line.

Sprint calculates the ETF at $10 a month times how ever many months you still have on your contract.

Only if your contract was started after November of 2008, I believe. Also, it's max $200 and minimum $50.