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Carriers won't reduce monthly charge after contract is fulfilled.Most carriers try to weasel customers into replacing handsets after contract is fulfilled to lock the customer into a new two year contract. Wireless carriers do not tell customers that it benefits a wireless carrier when the customer replaces a handset. When carriers start whining about the cost to replace a handset most of that is BS. Once the customer replaces a handset the carrier does not have to deal with the legacy issues of the old handset. I wonder what Verizon is going to do when they upgrade their entire network to LTE, give the customer the finger.
In many cases when a customer replaces a handset the carrier screws them when they force the customer to subscribe to a more costly plan. I remember when a friend of mine went ballistic when Cingular demanded that the customer replace their TDMA handset with a GSM handset and refused to continue their legacy unlimited plan. |
Netgear R6300 v2 ARRIS SB6180
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that is exactly why i havent bothered "upgrading" even though my 2 year is up, for one theres that bs upgrade fee, which they dont charge if you take "advantage" of there "att next" crap, but then theres all so the forced mandatory data fee. being legally blind i have no use what so ever for data on those phones, i just need a large screen with big text, but to get that id have to pay nearly double my current plan. orrr if i get a "smart" phone with text to speech im still screwd. youd think theyd have some discounts for disabled folks, but they dont. when i contacted the "office of the president" all i got was a severely outdated list of 3rd party paid software (most of which was actually no longer available) if the FCC wants to regulate, how about thinkin about us disabled folks eh? especially with cell phones replacing landlines.
but ive went OT a bit. the cost of the handsets are all so to me at least bs, i mean i get it, there itty bitty computers but $500+ ? really? and what about folks that just want a "dumb phone" ? dads 71, he just wants a simple basic phone, well that cost me $200 WITH contract because the only one att had at the time was a samsung rugby 2.. sure its a nice phone, but man the prices just make no sence. and thats why people still fall for the contract thing.
and then you get no discount when its up, att keeps maken out there att next thing like its some super big deal, no its not, it saves you nothing. all they did is push the subsidy on to the consumer so they can pocket even more profit, as you get 0 discount for service. sure theyl say at the end of the contract you "save" the monthly fee, but thats not a reduction in the service cost. |