I'm sure I'm not the only one on this forum doing this, so I thought I should give you guys a heads up. I called VZW today to ask about what I need to do to cancel my contract and port my number to Straight Talk. The CSR I talked to was really nice, and even said "I don't blame you" for wanting to leave after the crappy update situation with the GNex and the fact that I'm paying double what I'll pay for ST. Anyway, she informed me that if you're breaking contract with VZW, they will NOT pro-rate the remainder of your billing cycle when you leave them. Of course, I still owe the pro-rated ETF of $240 per line, but I should be able to make that up by selling my GNex.
I totally lucked out by calling them today and reaching this nice and very helpful CSR, because the last day of my billing cycle is tomorrow. And, lucky again, my N4 is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Hopefully my brother's does too, otherwise he'll be without a phone for a day or two until he gets his, but it just doesn't make sense for us to pay an extra $160 for the entire month of December when we don't need to. I plan on starting the porting process tomorrow before my phone gets here so hopefully everything is complete by the time my phone is delivered.
Anyhow, seeing as I'm breaking the contract, I guess it shouldn't be THAT surprising that they don't pro-rate the remainder of the billing cycle, but I'm very glad I found this out today. So keep that in mind if any of you guys are planning on breaking your VZW contract too.
I totally lucked out by calling them today and reaching this nice and very helpful CSR, because the last day of my billing cycle is tomorrow. And, lucky again, my N4 is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Hopefully my brother's does too, otherwise he'll be without a phone for a day or two until he gets his, but it just doesn't make sense for us to pay an extra $160 for the entire month of December when we don't need to. I plan on starting the porting process tomorrow before my phone gets here so hopefully everything is complete by the time my phone is delivered.
Anyhow, seeing as I'm breaking the contract, I guess it shouldn't be THAT surprising that they don't pro-rate the remainder of the billing cycle, but I'm very glad I found this out today. So keep that in mind if any of you guys are planning on breaking your VZW contract too.