Recently, you may have heard about text messaging fees increasing in price for Cingular customers. The $.10 to $.15 jump is enough to piss off a few people I’m sure. So if you’re a Cingular customer and hate the new rates or just want to ditch your service altogether, now’s your chance.
Cingular points out in their ToS agreement the following:
“IF WE INCREASE THE PRICE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES TO WHICH YOU SUBSCRIBE… YOU MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT PAYING AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE… PROVIDED YOUR NOTICE OF TERMINATION IS DELIVERED TO US WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE FIRST BILL REFLECTING THE CHANGE.”
As The Consumerist points out, the price bump for texting doesn’t occur until January 21st, 2007. So come January, have that phone of yours ready, put on a pot of coffee, and get ready to rumble.
Break Your Cingular Contract Without Fee, Thanks 2 Txt Msg $ Raise [The Consumerist]
Haha, I remember the hype earlier this year with the texting increase by Verizon. Seems cingular has learned not to bite the hand of the person who feeds it (that person is the collective consumer base).
If I were Cingular, I’d have this special sets of contracts available for users who want to get off of the .15 cent txt plan onto some sort of prepaid or unlimited plan, and thus rehook all the fish that I had to cut and release because I upped texting. Of course, if I were cingular, I’d also have a nifty Blackjack phone too…
That’s an interesting out for those who’ve been suckerpunched into Cingular in the first place – though I feel for anyone here in the Central Valley (California) where service is apparently horrible anyway.
Cingular doesn’t affect me much up here in Kanukistan… I just have to hear Americans bitch as they send each other a billion text messages back and forth at how much it is. Hopefully with further Skype integration, text messaging fees (along with phone fees) will soon be a thing of the past and I can finally rest peacefully in my igloo.
Jon
Great out… Saves many people $150 to switch.
Although for those looking for a new phone, you might be able to call to cancel, of which you will be sent to the all so famous “retention” department where I’m sure you could negotiate a phone deal as if you were signing up for a new account.
“IF WE INCREASE THE PRICE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES TO WHICH YOU SUBSCRIBE…”
Actually… Text Messaging is not a subscription service according to the same TOS. A subscribtion service (according to Cingular) is one that you pay a re-occuring monthy fee.. I dont see them releasing contracts for a pay per use price increase.
Cingular DID NOT raise there texting price. Sprint did. AND there is proof to.