New iPhone - Verizon Contract - Breaking?

[chinarider]

My wife is giving me an iPhone for my birthday today - Yet, I still have 2 months to go on my old Verizon contract.

Anyone know what would happen if I have AT&T port my number over?

Obviously, I want the iPhone now but may have to wait 2 months...

Thanks.

 

[Ntombi]

I ported from Verizon myself.

If you only have two months left, you'll owe $75 in early termination fees. They start at $175, and give you $5 off every month, but the least they'll charge is $75, no matter what. It's up to you to decide if it's worth waiting the two months.

I still had 8 months to go, so I just pulled the trigger. I did wait until the last day of my billing cycle, so that I didn't have to pay any part of a new bill. My last Verizon bill was just the $100 ETF that I owed.

 

[3kids]

If you port it will cancel the verizon and you will pay the ETF. Check your contract to see what that amount would be. I just took the new number and left the Verizon contract alone.

 

[Mike2128]

You'll also pay for the whole month of service, regardless of where in the bill cycle you actually port out. This is something new as of about 2 weeks ago.