Deattribution
09-12-2006, 07:01 PM
Maybe someone who has Nextel as their cell phone service can explain.
My understanding was that with the merging of Sprint and Nextel, that Nextel became in-network, and free. Vice versa for Nextel to Sprint. Is this a part of only certain plans?
I ask because a friend of mine has Nextel, and had it prior to the merger - for about two years. they'd been using it under the assumption that their calls to Sprint users were free. The bill had always been all over the place, and high - but they were just riding it out til the end of the contract this month.
They got the bill this month after using it quite a bit calling a friend with sprint, only to find out the bill had shot up to nearly $1000. The reason being the minutes spent calling the sprint #.
I'm guessing that it may just been something she had to have in her plan (mobile to mobile) and didn't, but I thought maybe there was something I might be missing here? The contract was up this month, and now they're refusing to drop her until the bill is paid in full.
My understanding was that with the merging of Sprint and Nextel, that Nextel became in-network, and free. Vice versa for Nextel to Sprint. Is this a part of only certain plans?
I ask because a friend of mine has Nextel, and had it prior to the merger - for about two years. they'd been using it under the assumption that their calls to Sprint users were free. The bill had always been all over the place, and high - but they were just riding it out til the end of the contract this month.
They got the bill this month after using it quite a bit calling a friend with sprint, only to find out the bill had shot up to nearly $1000. The reason being the minutes spent calling the sprint #.
I'm guessing that it may just been something she had to have in her plan (mobile to mobile) and didn't, but I thought maybe there was something I might be missing here? The contract was up this month, and now they're refusing to drop her until the bill is paid in full.