How do you change wireless carriers?

Call the carrier and ask

Go to the new carrier and tell them you want to switch. They'll walk you through it.

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Go to the new carrier and tell them you want to switch. They'll walk you through it.

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They did everything for me when I switched from ATT to Verizon then to Verizon to Tmobile. If you have a 5G phone go to Tmobile and skip ATT, they all suck, but Tmobile sucks the least.

This will be vague because it's been awhile.

Basically you'll need a number from your current carrier. That may be a account number. I forget. That's the main thing. Once you have that number you can set up everything else in store.

I switched to ATT aswell. No complaints.

Why the switch? To save money, or to get better service?

I personally, have had T-Mobile since I got my first cell phone. I have a great deal (6 phones with unlimited everything for $120/month), so it is unlikely that I will switch. Even when T-Mobile was considered terrible, I happened to live in places where it was decent - good enough for me and I was saving too much money to switch.

Att and T-Mobile have 4G in the gulf oil field as of a few months ago. Verizon does not. I spend 6 months out the year out there so I might as well have service. Other than that, I’ve had no problems with Verizon ever

Do NOT cancel with your old carrier first. You won’t be able to keep your number.

Bring your phone number, account number, and account pin to the new carrier. They will handle it all from there. Your old account will automatically cancel once you activate with the new carrier. You’ll just get a final bill from the old carrier.

The final bill should just be for the final month of service, correct? I own my phone outright and am not currently locked into a contract with Verizon.

Do you have exceptionally bad service from Verizon?

AT&T seems to be a poor choice regardless of the service.

Set aside a chunk of time. It took a while for it to finish in the store when we switched from ATT to Verizon, but we were also getting new phones. They gave us like $300 each in trade for our old phones for switching carriers, so you might want to explore that if it's close to time for a new phone.

As some have mentioned, we needed a PIN for the ATT account, which we had no idea what it was. We had to call ATT from the store and go through rigamorole to get a new PIN. Best to handle that before you go to the store.