In article <0001HW.C1D1094B01BA53B1F0203648@news.giganews.com >,
SinghaLvr <singhalvr@charter.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:50:47 -0500, ACP wrote
> (in article <_92dnWC1lZZbCTbYnZ2dnUVZ_tCtnZ2d@giganews.com>) :
>
> > Is that true, if you bring your own phone you don't have to sign a
> > contract?
> >
> >
>
> I don't know about Cingular, but other carriers such as Verizon Wireless and
> Sprint both require a contract even if you aren't taking a discounted phone.
> It makes absolutely no sense to me. I have a perfectly good Sprint Treo 650
> here that I'd love to use but I'm not going to sign a contract and be stuck
> with an early termination fee just so I can play on their network at minimal
> cost to them.
>
> Without the contract I would have signed up months ago. Instead I picked up
> a GSM device and dropped my ever-lasting Cingular SIM in it.
>
> NOW: To address the previous poster's message before this (paying full retail
> for a phone). In many events the subsidy/discount is so nice that it pays to
> take it and sign a contract. The way I look at it is this, even if I have to
> pay the ETF I'm usually still cheaper than if I paid the unlocked fee early
> on. If I stay within the contract terms then the phone is even cheaper. If
> I terminate early I'm still ahead of the game (or at least pretty close to
> the unlocked price.)

And an unlocked phone is worth a lot more in resale.

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