Amp’d mobile has 10 days to live
Amp’d mobile is in a world of trouble at the moment. The MVNO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Friday, thus beginning a string of chain reactions that could lead to subscribers’ service being terminated sooner than you know it. Verizon, the lifeblood of the CDMA-based MVNO, has given Amp’d 10 days to pay up or get off their network. They’re not demanding the full amount of the existing debt, but are asking for at least $4.5 million. What exactly does this mean? If you’re a current Amp’d subscriber, you might want to get moving quickly on finding a new service provider, as once Verizon flips the switch, chances are you will be left in the dark. The good news is that there’s a good chance you won’t be held to an ETF. Interestingly enough, the Amp’d website is still fully functional, and appears to be accepting new customers. It seems like they might want to pull the plug on this for now, unless they’re planning on offering 10 day contracts…
haha 10 day contracts. That was a good one..
Such a sad sight. Oh well that’s how life is. Now let’s get Amp’d.
i want the motorola q they offer, so i called them up and asked about the service. the rep told me if they dont pay that you have an you have an option to convert your service to verizon or just end the contract. the rep even told me he would do the same thing, hahahahaha!
i knew this was bound to happen sometime soon – i could just feel it. maybe one of the big boys can buy ‘em out and take over the subscribers.
So if someone could help me out with this, whats going to happen to people that owe them money because A family member owes them like 200 dollars and they were going to pay them next month or like end of june.
Whats going to happen with something like that?
And I dont think will come up with that money.
I’m not sure it’s entirely accurate to say that Amp’d has 10 days to live. Verizon “…contends that the termination of its wholesale agreement with Amp’d happened three hours before the company filed for bankruptcy Friday night, making it prepetition and enforceable. Amp’d wants a ruling that the agreement is in full force and that service should continue uninterrupted.”
It doesn’t appear that the court has issued an opionion yet.
http://www.moconews.net/categories/name/Amp%5C‘d/
10 days? Short term isn’t it.
How about all the customers who just recently bought new phones? ESPN gave back credit didn’t they?
i JUST SIGNEDUP YESTERDAY FOR SERVICE, I DONT THINK THE USERS WILL BE LEFT IN THE DARK. i THINK vERIZN WILL TAKE THEM OVER. THIS SEEMS LIKE THE BEST OUTOCOME. OR SOMEONE ELSE WILL BUY THE CUSTOMERS, LIKE HOW ESPN DID WITH SPRINT.
Looks like as of today, 7/3/07, Ampd is officially dead.