hey guys, my contract with at&t is going to end soon. has anyone encountered situations where at&t lowered future billing rates (permanently rather than X months) to try to retain you? i have 4 lines and 3 lines are expiring next month. the 4th line is expiring at the end of the year.
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AT&T users: success in lowering monthly bill when contract expires?
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This works with Comcast, call them up and tell them you're thinking about changing to a different phone provider because their price are too high, then ask if they could lower the price so they can keep you as a customer.
Works with comcast all the time, might work with ATT.
edit: This is of course a temporary thing but try to see if they'll do it for your whole contract time then repeat process next contract.
Works with comcast all the time, might work with ATT.
edit: This is of course a temporary thing but try to see if they'll do it for your whole contract time then repeat process next contract.
Tell them you're considering switching to Sprint because of the unlimited data while you're at it for two reasons:
They will lower/give you a discount to keep you
They will see that more customers want unlimited data plans.
They will lower/give you a discount to keep you
They will see that more customers want unlimited data plans.
The only thing they will do is allow you to switch to no longer plans or features.
I was able to switch to a 300 minute plan with roll over (29.99 and has 500 n&w and unlimited M2M) and the $10 - 1000 text feature plan for being out of contract. Combined with my existing unlimited data it made a fairly nice plan, consider I don't talk much.
Got my bill down to $61 / month after taxes and FAN discount which works for me.
I was able to switch to a 300 minute plan with roll over (29.99 and has 500 n&w and unlimited M2M) and the $10 - 1000 text feature plan for being out of contract. Combined with my existing unlimited data it made a fairly nice plan, consider I don't talk much.
Got my bill down to $61 / month after taxes and FAN discount which works for me.
Well, it'll be hard for them to deal with that when customers start threatening to switch to Sprint.
It depends on who you talk to. If you get a good and helpfull customer rep you might get lucky.
Most wont do it and will just help you choosing a lower/cheaper plan.
Dont count on AT&T giving stuff for free.
Most wont do it and will just help you choosing a lower/cheaper plan.
Dont count on AT&T giving stuff for free.
The only thing they've ever given me is more rollover minutes... even though I already have more than I'll ever need.
That guy was successful because he had 5 lines with AT&T. I doubt it would work for the 1 line person.
No one with any sense would switch to sprint. Their 3G speeds are a joke and will regret every day you switch to them.
Unless you don't spend much time on the interwebs...
They won't at least not at the moment. Have you seen the latest Sprint commercials? Unlimited data is by far their biggest selling point.
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Do you have any studies or anything showing the disparity between their 3G/4G speeds and other corporations?
Sprint iPhones speeds slower than Verizon CDMA speeds.
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/arti..._us_mobile_data_att_vs_sprint_vs_verizon.html
i didn't see the article. It just linked me to the website with a huge list of articles. I did a search for "sprint" and nothing came up. Could you perhaps provide a better link, or maybe just quote the article?
thanks
That and the 3G network that both sprint and verizon use is slow. The technology they use isn't capable of fast data speeds. I have used both and have experienced it first hand.
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Well, you have to look at it comparatively as well. Cell phone data in my opinion is still in it's infancy. So I'm ok with accepting slower speeds while the companies develop and roll out new technology as they can.
But I dislike limiting data consumption. It destroys internet businesses like Netflix, who are data heavy. I consider data to be a utility.