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roamer1
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Re: The Europeans got it right

said by pnh102 See Profile :

No carrier requires you to get a contract provided you are willing to pay full price for the phone like they do in Europe.
Unfortunately, this is not true...no major US carrier (with the possible exception of Cingular, who I know used to do this IF you didn't mind losing free mobile-to-mobile) will sell new postpaid service without a contract even if you bring your own phone.

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Wrong sprint offers a month to month plan where there inst a contract. but you do have to pay almost full price for your phone. You get 50 dollars off the unactivated price.
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pnh102
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said by roamer1 See Profile :

Unfortunately, this is not true...no major US carrier (with the possible exception of Cingular, who I know used to do this IF you didn't mind losing free mobile-to-mobile) will sell new postpaid service without a contract even if you bring your own phone.
I bought a phone outright from Cingular in 2004 and retained free mobile-to-mobile.
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