I have 5 phones ... only 2 in contract. One of those contracts is until September of 2009. I asked the sme thing about the ETFs. They won't prorate mine, so will they pay me $200 when they stop the service next year. Of course not.
I took my 3 other lines to Sprint. I like data on my phone and it gets costly with Verizon. I also get better signal with Sprint that my friends get with Verizon. My other 2 lines I just lowered the minutes as far as I could go and will hold them until Qwest runs out ... my husband REALLY wants to keep his phone number.
I cancelled my home phone as well. All I have left with Qwest is DSL and I don't know if I have the stomach for changing my e-mail address and cable at my house is worse. So, I won't be cutting all ties with them, but my bill will be A LOT lower.