• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Switching from Verizon- A Couple Questions

Benrx

Well-Known Member
Dec 13, 2009
173
23
1. I went into AT&T a few days ago, told them I was thinking of switching, and immediately the conversation was not about my phone but about bundling, Uverse, Internet etc. She did not want to talk about my phone plan. It all became a sales pitch. I almost had to be ugly in steering her back to the phone. Told her I was getting Google Fiber, and she already had the company response prepared. My question is, if I switch, will I be bombarded with marketing calls and mail?

2. I was thinking of signing up for Next, but it's a bit late in the product year. The OEM flagship phones are getting old and it is not long before the new ones should come out. Do you think I'd be better off finding an older phone on eBay for a few months and then getting one of the new flagships when they come out?
 
AT&T honors the email subscription requests of their customers.
They have to, or the FCC will nail their ass...

When you register your new phone, with any carrier, immediately login into their website and go to your Profile page and double check all of the options there. You will find a ton of stuff you have no use for, and don't want.

I'm with Verizon, no different.... there are about 10 items that I checked 'NO' and that was it.
no more email UNLESS it is a statement, and that is the only thing I get.
 
Upvote 0
1. I'm sure you'll get some junk mail type stuff, it's common for telecommunication companies.
That's OK as long as my phone doesn't start ringing.

2. Most recent (2-3 years) Verizon phones are GSM SIM unlocked, if you want to wait for next gen flagships you might be able to use your current phone if it has the correct bands.
Check phone compatibility:
http://www.willmyphonework.net/
I have a Galaxy S4, I'm certain it doesn't even have a GSM compatibility. I ordered a refurbished HTC M8 to get me through.

Thanks for the replies.
 
Upvote 0
You can stop emails, but I was referring to paper junk mail. Most phone companies will occasionally send you mail to sign up for their other services, I don't know if you can also stop that paper mail.

that you have no control over, unless you want to sit down and go thru a massive amount of paperwork to block your address from "that one mailing company"

I tried it once, and it sort of worked.... the best thing I did was to leave Arizona and move to Oklahoma and not update my old subscriptions to magazines... I literally disappeared off the map.... magazines and junk mail are not forwarded thru the mails.

then when something comes in I don't want, I use a marker and write "Unknown at this Address" and put it back in the box.

that will eventually slow down 90% of it.


I still get mail to a dead ex-spouse from Insurance Companies and Credit Cards, etc.... she has been gone 20 years.... I used to write "deceased: return to sender" but that got old too....

now they just go into the blue barrel that sets outside the house.
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones