After eight years, I have decided to leave Sprint PCS as my cell phone carrier. Several factors came into play with this decision. Their service — strength of signal, coverage area, etc. — has always been excellent, and still is. When I moved from Florida to Tennessee, however, I had to give up my abilities to send/receive text messages and surf the "wireless Web." I never fully understood their rationale, especially the bit about the "wireless Web" because I could always access it easily with my phone (although Sprint makes it cost prohibitive to do so if one lives in northeastern Tennessee).Since I had been with them for so long and always received good coverage no matter where I traveled, however, I was reluctant to test-drive a new carrier that might not be as good. So, I bit the proverbial bullet regarding texting/surfing with my phone and went on about life.
When my contract ended with Sprint, I expected them to flood my mailbox with offers for new plans and levels of service. I got one offer and never heard from them again. Visiting their Web site revealed nothing special in the way of incentives for customers who had been with them for eight years.
The option became available for me to "piggyback" a phone onto my sister-in-law's plan with SunCom. With that plan, I get a new phone, gain "free minutes" on a 24/7 basis instead of just "nights & weekends" as offered by Sprint, regain text-messaging capability, and regain the ability to surf the Web with my phone. Yay!
The only downside is not getting to pick-out my own phone. SunCom only offers a limited number of "piggybacks" per plan, and the only reason I am able to piggyback now is because someone else who was piggybacked onto my sister-in-law's plan is bailing out. As such, I am taking over their phone as mine. They had an LG-225, which is probably not one I would have picked if I could have had the choice. But hey, it is a fairly new phone with very little use. I just have no idea if it is a good phone or not. We shall see.
Along with the new carrier, phone, and plan, I get a shiny new number to go along with it because I didn't want to bother porting my old phone number between carriers. I will be sending out emails in the near future when the deal is done, the number is "live," and the phone in my hot little hand. The new number will be posted on my "Contact Information" page (under the "About Me" item on my personal Web site), or you can always send me a quick email if I don't send one to you in a timely manner. Gifts of jewelry, cute shoes, candy, or flowers will get the number to you faster, of course.
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