[pct-l] Keeping your Cell Phone Number Without Paying for It(Cingular/ATT)

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

Hey Mike
Great topic.  
Another alternative?  Still worked last year.
Tell the carrier you're going to be out of coverage.  For about four
dollars a month, they'll put you on hold.
OR LIE
Military overseas for the next six months???????????????   Free!!!!!!!!!! 
If they ask for a military ID, you don't have to be military to go  'Over
There".  You see.......Last year I had this friend..........Yeah, that's
it.....this friend...he told me all about it......that's right... this
friend....

Of course, everyone will choose the first.


> [Original Message]
> From: Michael Lissner <mlissner@aidshike.org>
> To: PCT List <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Date: 3/8/2005 12:25:32 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Keeping your Cell Phone Number Without Paying for
It(Cingular/ATT)
>
> I just got off the phone with Cingular/ATT Wireless. I've been thinking 
> about a way to keep my cell phone number for after I get back from the 
> trip without paying a bucketload of cash to keep the phone active during 
> the trip, and I've figured it out. This only works if you are no longer 
> on contract, but I have a manager's word that it will work:
> When you get your last bill before the trip, pay it, but cancel your 
> service, being sure to put your number on hold. They will hold it for 59 
> days after the end of that payment. No more, no less. At the end of the 
> 58th day, call them, and tell them you want to start the service again. 
> Start it, and then cancel it again. This will put your number on hold 
> for another 59 days. Do this one more time in another couple of months, 
> and bingo, you've kept your number without paying for it.
>
> The alternative is to send them a check for $200 before the trip, and 
> let that pay for five months of the cheapest plan (the $29.99 plan that 
> actually costs $40). These are the musings. The question is, how much 
> effort will you go through to keep that number. Is it worth $200? Is it 
> worth making phone calls two times during the trip? These are the 
> questions I don't know the answer to.
>
> -mike
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