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jwinslow;1591875; said:
Yes, but you usually have to have the destination company set up, or tell your current soon to be old carrier to leave it open for the transition.

Are you in contract?
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I'm with Sprint now but my contract has expired and I haven't re-upped.

Haven't even been to a Verizon store yet so still in the primary stages of maybe switching.
 
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Jimmy Carter;1591888; said:
I'm with Sprint now but my contract has expired and I haven't re-upped.

Haven't even been to a Verizon store yet so still in the primary stages of maybe switching.
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Pretty simple, actually. Take your account numberto whatever carrier you choose.they will port it in and it will automatically cancel your Sprint. make sure your contract is up before you port, or you will see an early termination fee.
 
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AT&T and Verizon Drop Silly Map-Related Lawsuits - AT&T verizon - Gizmodo
The legal back and forth stemmed from AT&T's sue-jerk reaction to Verizon's biting "there's a map for that" commercials, escalating in the media as AT&T responded with the help of Luke Wilson. And with a few simple documents, a great corporate slapfight comes to an end—at least in the courts. The not-so-distant future will reveal whether or not the ceasefire was sourced from some sort of advertising gentleman's agreement.
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They spent all their extra cash on Luke Wilson instead. Money well spent AT&T, well spent.
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Maybe they realized that the money they were pissing away trying to fight Verizon's totally true ads could be better spent. My recommendation: spend it on fixing your network.
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AT&T and Verizon Drop Silly Map-Related Lawsuits - AT&T verizon - Gizmodo
The legal back and forth stemmed from AT&T's sue-jerk reaction to Verizon's biting "there's a map for that" commercials, escalating in the media as AT&T responded with the help of Luke Wilson. And with a few simple documents, a great corporate slapfight comes to an end?at least in the courts. The not-so-distant future will reveal whether or not the ceasefire was sourced from some sort of advertising gentleman's agreement.
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They spent all their extra cash on Luke Wilson instead. Money well spent AT&T, well spent.
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Maybe they realized that the money they were pissing away trying to fight Verizon's totally true ads could be better spent. My recommendation: spend it on fixing your network.
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Will the iPhone end up at T-Mobile instead of Verizon? (Phone Arena News)
With every one expecting a Verizon branded version of the iPhone to come to market 3 seconds after AT&T's exclusivity expires, one analyst has a different idea. Doug Reid is a pencil pushing analyst at Thomas Weisel and he says that the growing rift between AT&T and Verizon, as we have seen in the battle of the T,V, ads, has formed a chasm too wide to be repaired. Reid says that the nation's fourth largest carrier would be a more likely home for Apple's touchscreen device. Noting that the iPhone is already sold through the German arm of T-Mobile, Reid adds, "Apple wants to move away from exclusivity; T-Mobile would achieve this for Apple in the U.S."
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If I held out with my pearl for 6-8 months just to end up buying a droid anyway :smash:
Shaw Wu, an analyst for Kaufman Brothers, also points out that with Apple pushing customers to its iTunes site. that would compete with Big Red's proprietary VCast music and videos. Wu also notes that Apple gets about $700 for each iPhone from AT&T. Verizon's cost basis on the DROID is $450 paid to Motorola, so that is a $250 gap that Apple and Verizon would have to discuss before striking a deal. The current popularity of the Motorola DROID and its acceptance as the first real iPhone challenger on Verizon may also lessen the carrier's determination to land the iPhone.
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This is a better argument. I wonder how profitable VZW's music store has been, and whether Apple would toss a big check their way to welcome their new overlords.
The analyst says that both T-Mobile and Sprint would be more compatible with Apple's goals. Wu notes that "from a technology perspective, we believe T-Mobile may have an advantage with a similar 3G UMTS/WCDMA network as AT&T." Both AT&T and T-Mobile are GSM carriers as opposed to Verizon and Sprint with their CDMA technology. That could be another point in favor of T-Mobile.
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This is less compelling, as the networks are moving towards LTE, which will be supported by both AT&T & VZW, unlike now where phones can only use one or thet other.
In Verizon's favor is the larger number of potential iPhone users currently using the largest carrier in the U.S. and of course, there is the network. Widely considered to be the best in the country, Big Red was just named Consumer Reports' top carrier as we informed you yesterday. AT&T was last.
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I'm guessing Dryden's engineer pals don't have an excuse for that one:p
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1610446; said:
Jwins, I can't see your post... Your network is in the way.
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:lol: That ad was awful. Their campaign has been extremely effective (albeit repetitive), but that one battling the postcards is a cripple fight.
 
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Gotta go with a proven winner.

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^^^ :lol: deety

I hope they replace the 'map in the way' ads with this one soon:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLDxv9ohH2s]YouTube - Verizon DROID Pretty[/ame]

And now for AT&T's next rebuttal:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYS_ljkPJ3U]YouTube - Trap Door[/ame]
 
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