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Question about moving to USA
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Basically you got two options.
pre-paid (payasyougo) and post-paid
The pre-paid basically sucks big time, especially since in America you get charged for incoming and outgoing calls & txts.
If you go with post paid, then the default policy is to put you into a 2 year contract (person gets commission) but a quick talk to the manager explaining how you are bringing your own phone and they won't do that to you. As for the cost, it would be the same whether you are in a contract (bought a phone subsidized) or not.
pre-paid (payasyougo) and post-paid
The pre-paid basically sucks big time, especially since in America you get charged for incoming and outgoing calls & txts.
If you go with post paid, then the default policy is to put you into a 2 year contract (person gets commission) but a quick talk to the manager explaining how you are bringing your own phone and they won't do that to you. As for the cost, it would be the same whether you are in a contract (bought a phone subsidized) or not.
Some employee's try putting you into a 2 year contract even though you brought your own phone because they get commission. So it may be necessary to speak to a manager in order to avoid that.
You would pay monthly but you wouldn't be in a contract / could cancel any time w/o any fees.
T-mobile and AT&T both allow monthly contracts. If they're not subsidizing the hardware they have no leverage with which to tell you there is a minimum period if time for you to have the service.
No, that just means they don't market them without contract subsidies because most people would **** their pants if they realized that their phone costs $700.
Believe me, you don't need a yearly contract to get service in the states. Contracts are only to make sure that providers like AT&T make their money back when they subsidize $300-$400 of the phone's cost.
About $85, before taxes. Sales tax in my area is around 10%, and services aren't exempt. Laws on that vary from place to place, so your total may be different. AT&T should be able to tell you how much your monthly total will end up.
Definitely don't let them push you into a contract as there's no discount to do so. There's no reason you can't go month to month.