Vegas, Boston and Connecticut to lose CDMA support July 1st

[PHP87]

Just read it online.

I talked to a Metro rep and he said they will be giving discounts on new GSM phones, but I imagine they will be low-end phones.

Also, I like my LG Spirit and don't wish to change my device. I was told my area, the SF Bay Area, would have CDMA support thru the end of 2015, so it sounds like I have another 17 months or so.

When T-Mobile merged with Metro, customers were told the merger would be seamless and they would not be affected in any way.

Obviously, that was a lie. I think a class-action lawsuit is in order.

 

[alfick3]

Please search before posting. See the two threads below:

http://androidforums.com/metro-pcs/843961-metropcs-psa-cdma-network-shutdown-info.html

http://androidforums.com/metro-pcs/845479-class-action-lawsuit.html

And, for what its worth, what I've read about the merger, they never once said that we'd never have to buy new phones. They said that, on average, most Metro customers change out phones often enough that once the change over is in effect, most of the customers will have already purchased new GSM phones. I don't see how this is painful or requires a class action law suit.

 

[Gman9831]

Further discussion of the topic should be in the 1st link aflick posted: http://androidforums.com/metro-pcs/843961-metropcs-psa-cdma-network-shutdown-info.html
From there you can also see the link with the proper discounts

The network will be shutdown by the end of Q2 2015 not the end of the 2015. But from the beginning of the merger we knew we'd have to change our CDMA devices.

 

[viperdink]

Metro stopped us from reactivating a motion today.
They did say if we took it in to a corporate store they would buy it toward a new compatable device . BYE BYE little buddy.

 

[gelige]

Did CDMA get shut down in those locations on the announced day?