AT&T Wireless - best way to terminate service

What's the best way to terminate service with
AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
terminate service? Or, do I have to
contact AT&T Wireless directly?

Porting your number to the new carrier is the best and easiest way to do
terminate if your contract is up. If you terminate first you lose the
number and cannot port it. A word about your contract: Call ATT and
confirm that they agree that the contract is up. They may have
"inadvertently" extended it when you made a small change at some time.
The time to deal with that problem is BEFORE termination - not after.

Adam wrote:
> What's the best way to terminate service with
> AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
> how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
> my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
> terminate service? Or, do I have to
> contact AT&T Wireless directly?

"BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:4701421d$0$24299$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Porting your number to the new carrier is the best and easiest way to do
> terminate if your contract is up. If you terminate first you lose the
> number and cannot port it. A word about your contract: Call ATT and
> confirm that they agree that the contract is up. They may have
> "inadvertently" extended it when you made a small change at some time.
> The time to deal with that problem is BEFORE termination - not after.
>
> Adam wrote:
> > What's the best way to terminate service with
> > AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
> > how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
> > my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
> > terminate service? Or, do I have to
> > contact AT&T Wireless directly?
>

They keep sending me junk mail offering cheap free cell phones that
come with a contract. So, my guess is they know that
the contract I had expired. Besides, I know if I contact them,
they will pester me to sign another contract, which I want to avoid.

Adam wrote:
> "BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:4701421d$0$24299$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> Porting your number to the new carrier is the best and easiest way
>> to do terminate if your contract is up. If you terminate first you
>> lose the number and cannot port it. A word about your contract:
>> Call ATT and confirm that they agree that the contract is up. They
>> may have "inadvertently" extended it when you made a small change at
>> some time. The time to deal with that problem is BEFORE termination
>> - not after.
>>
>> Adam wrote:
>>> What's the best way to terminate service with
>>> AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
>>> how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
>>> my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
>>> terminate service? Or, do I have to
>>> contact AT&T Wireless directly?
>>
>
> They keep sending me junk mail offering cheap free cell phones that
> come with a contract. So, my guess is they know that
> the contract I had expired. Besides, I know if I contact them,
> they will pester me to sign another contract, which I want to avoid.

If you don't want to call then just have the new carrier port your
number and you'll be automatically terminated at ATT within hours. When
you sign up with the new carrier you can expect the porting to take
place the same day or, if you do it late in the day, overnight. Just
keep both phones on till it's done so you don't miss any calls.

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:16:38 -0700, "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote:

>
>"BruceR" <razrbruce@NOgmailSPAM.com> wrote in message
>news:4701421d$0$24299$4c368faf@roadrunner.com.. .
>> Porting your number to the new carrier is the best and easiest way to do
>> terminate if your contract is up. If you terminate first you lose the
>> number and cannot port it. A word about your contract: Call ATT and
>> confirm that they agree that the contract is up. They may have
>> "inadvertently" extended it when you made a small change at some time.
>> The time to deal with that problem is BEFORE termination - not after.
>>
>> Adam wrote:
>> > What's the best way to terminate service with
>> > AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
>> > how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
>> > my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
>> > terminate service? Or, do I have to
>> > contact AT&T Wireless directly?
>>
>
>They keep sending me junk mail offering cheap free cell phones that
>come with a contract. So, my guess is they know that
>the contract I had expired. Besides, I know if I contact them,
>they will pester me to sign another contract, which I want to avoid.
>

Just how hard is it for you to say "No!"?

"Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:EIbMi.36$VX3.8@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>
> They keep sending me junk mail offering cheap free cell phones that
> come with a contract. So, my guess is they know that
> the contract I had expired. Besides, I know if I contact them,
> they will pester me to sign another contract, which I want to avoid.

I terminated Cingular service last year. They asked why, I told them the coverage wasn't good, they
made some effort to change my mind, but not enough to be annoying. When the answer was still No,
they handled it with no delays or problems.

In article <c1bMi.2374$P21.1428@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net> ,
"Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote:

> What's the best way to terminate service with
> AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
> how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
> my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
> terminate service?

Yes.

If you are going to a different provider and plan to move your phone
number over, the simple act of doing so will de facto and automatically
cancel your account with the previous provider.

In article <47l2g3thu0egbu9do7jgj0f8047s77vqe5@4ax.com>,
The Ghost of General Lee <ghost@general.lee> wrote:

> >They keep sending me junk mail offering cheap free cell phones that
> >come with a contract. So, my guess is they know that
> >the contract I had expired. Besides, I know if I contact them,
> >they will pester me to sign another contract, which I want to avoid.
> >
>
> Just how hard is it for you to say "No!"?

It's people like him who keep the vacation timeshare business alive.

Jesus Christ. And to think he's allowed to vote. And drive a car.

* Adam wrote:
> What's the best way to terminate service with
> AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
> how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
> my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
> terminate service? Or, do I have to
> contact AT&T Wireless directly?
>
>

FYI, AT&T/Cingular has no vacation leave policy and I was out of the
country in January and Feb and paid $100 for nothing. Then I was to be
out of the country August & Sept, so I again called them. Still no
leave policy. So I told them to cancel my account (contract had expired
a year ago). They said if I wanted to again sign up for AT&T I would
lose my phone number, I asked how long it would be obtainable and was
told 2 months. I returned in 6 weeks, visited an Cingular sales office
and was told it was gone. So I went across the street and bought a
prepaid T-Mobile card, could not port the old number over, and so far am
quite happy and it's only 1/2 the cost for the amount of in-country
phone use I make (about 250 minutes a month which works out to 20¢/min).
Miles

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:12:21 -1000, BruceR wrote:

>>> lose the number and cannot port it. A word about your contract:
>>> Call ATT and confirm that they agree that the contract is up. They
>>> may have "inadvertently" extended it when you made a small change at
>>> some time. The time to deal with that problem is BEFORE termination
>>> - not after.
>>>
>>> Adam wrote:
>>>> What's the best way to terminate service with
>>>> AT&T Wireless (contract ended long ago)? And,
>>>> how long does it take? Will porting/transferring
>>>> my existing cellular phone number be sufficient to
>>>> terminate service? Or, do I have to
>>>> contact AT&T Wireless directly?
>>>
>>
>> They keep sending me junk mail offering cheap free cell phones that
>> come with a contract. So, my guess is they know that
>> the contract I had expired. Besides, I know if I contact them,
>> they will pester me to sign another contract, which I want to avoid.
>
> If you don't want to call then

**** off, Lazy/Shy Bastard.
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