Well, my Alltel friends will get their wish... After 6 years with T-Mobile, I'm going back to service with Alltel. Not because I want to, but because I have to.
I got a call today from T-Mobile. They were notifying me that I spend a great deal of my time in "Roaming" on someone else's network. For that reason, they are ending my service on May 28.
Honestly, I was completely surprised. I've never heard of a cell phone company canceling their customer's service unless they're not paying their bill. I don't pay roaming charges with T-Mobile. When I roam, my bill doesn't go up. It always stays the same. So they're probably having to pay another provider for my use of their tower, and they're not making any money off of me. Ah, the joys of moving to a new place. I'm not on roam where I live, but apparently I'm roaming everywhere else I... well... roam... from where I live.
The most annoying part about it is I just bought this phone. And it won't work with Alltel. Remember when I busted my phone a month ago? Yeah. At least this one only cost me $30. I had to extend my contract to buy it though. Fortunately, as far as I know, T-Mobile is not charging me a contract severance fee because I'm not the one backing out of my commitment.
Funny. I just told a friend of mine two weeks ago who was trying to convince me to change services, "I doubt I'll ever change."
1 Chronicles 16:8 "Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done."
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Add loyalty to the list of things that aren't what they used to be.
Yeeeah my friend wrks for t-mobile =P
They tend to not take kindly to coughing up the $$ =)I'm happy with my pre paid phone till I move to civilization and can get something more shnazzzeh!!!!Welcome back to the Alltel family! haha...
Verizon is better. At least it is in this area; I don't know how things are over there.
@Pyro197x - Over there? Over THERE?! Are you implying that we are in a completely different world over "there"? Alright, we probably are.
That's funny... I am currently seriously considering changing from Alltel to another provider because Alltel is not very good up here. My contract is up this month.
It's funny how we find ourselves doing what we never thought we'd do. I wonder if someday, because I've said, "If I have my way I'll never teach high school English again," I'll find myself doing it? I hope not.
I also wonder how I miss half your posts in my e-mail subscriptions. Seriously, I get every other one or so. Weird.
@The_Fairy_Mirror - Yeah, I'm not sure how that works -- with the e-mail subscription thing. How'd you leave me a comment?
I happened to be at my parents' house this weekend, so I took the time to catch up. Occasionally (like today) I come to the public library.
I am really craving Chinese tonight. Peking Garden in Scott City is the best; even better than Golden Dragon. So I'm checking out a book and going.
Cool profile picture.