Ok. I'm feeling duped now.
I've been with 'Nextel' for over two years now. I never knew until now that there were two 'Nextel' companies. And I happen to be with the one thats not the 'real' Nextel.
That sucks.
Call me an idiot for signing up and not reading all of the fine print or something. Sure. But it seems to me that if you were going to operate under the same name, you should have to operate somewhat like a franchise. Keeping the same rates, plans, fees and whatnot.
I discovered all of this trying to figure out why I was getting conflicting data on whether or not I would be charged a fee to port my numbers out from Nextel. I've learned that I'm with Nextel Partners and not Nextel Communications and I will have to pay them an extra fifty bucks to port my wife and I's numbers from them. The fifty bucks, although quite aggravating, isn't what really pisses me off. I just feel somewhat fraud-ed by this whole setup.
Anybody else?
-MG
That sucks.
Call me an idiot for signing up and not reading all of the fine print or something. Sure. But it seems to me that if you were going to operate under the same name, you should have to operate somewhat like a franchise. Keeping the same rates, plans, fees and whatnot.
I discovered all of this trying to figure out why I was getting conflicting data on whether or not I would be charged a fee to port my numbers out from Nextel. I've learned that I'm with Nextel Partners and not Nextel Communications and I will have to pay them an extra fifty bucks to port my wife and I's numbers from them. The fifty bucks, although quite aggravating, isn't what really pisses me off. I just feel somewhat fraud-ed by this whole setup.
Anybody else?
-MG
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...it is what it is... Hang out long enough for the 'big merge'... Perhaps then after Nextel buys out the Nextel Partners dealie (they handle the rural areas) you will fall under Sprint-Nextel's (NINT) guidelines and clauses????
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eMGe said:...
I've been with 'Nextel' for over two years now. I never knew until now that there were two 'Nextel' companies. And I happen to be with the one thats not the 'real' Nextel.
That sucks.
Call me an idiot for signing up and not reading all of the fine print or something. Sure. But it seems to me that if you were going to operate under the same name, you should have to operate somewhat like a franchise. Keeping the same rates, plans, fees and whatnot.
I discovered all of this trying to figure out why I was getting conflicting data on whether or not I would be charged a fee to port my numbers out from Nextel. I've learned that I'm with Nextel Partners and not Nextel Communications and I will have to pa
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Well, I've been reading a ton of forums lately. I think we're going to switch to Cingular. I guess CDMA is 'technically' a 'better' (by way of efficiency) technology, but the GSM phones seem to be alot nicer and a local outfit has a bunch of GSM towers up in the area which makes Cingular's coverage a bit better than Verizon's for me.
It'd be nice it they finished up this merger soon. I was planning on making the switch pretty quick here.
Thanks for all the info.
-MG
It'd be nice it they finished up this merger soon. I was planning on making the switch pretty quick here.
Thanks for all the info.
-MG
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eMGe said:
Well, I've been reading a ton of forums lately. I think we're going to switch to Cingular. I guess CDMA is 'technically' a 'better' (by way of efficiency) technology, but the GSM phones seem to be alot nicer and a local outfit has a bunch of GSM towers up in the area which makes Cingular's coverage a bit better than Verizon's for me.
It'd be nice it they finished up this merger soon. I was planning on making the switch pretty quick here.
Thanks for all the info.
-MG
Personally, I think Verizon's network is best overall. But that doesn't mean it's best where you live...so go with whatever works for you (even Cingular).
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