Marketplace interviewed us about our 6 tips for canceling your cellphone so you can get an iPhone. We told people to die…

Ben Popken at Consumerist.com has come up with six ways to leave your mobile network. Among them, check the fine print on your latest bill. Any fee increase could nullify your obligation.

Or, accuse your mobile carrier of poor service. Send complaints to the PUC and the Better Business Bureau. Then:

Ben Popken: CC everything to the company. Create this big old nasty paper trail and wallpaper them until they’re like, “All right, let’s get rid of this guy.”

And if all else fails, Popken has one final solution:

Popken: The last and definitely most desperate thing that you can do is die.

Yeah, not an option. A lot of customers will just end up paying to switch.

There’s audio so you can heard our mellifluous voice. Wonder how many people got that some of the steps merely require the phone company being provided with a piece of paper saying that you did them…

Carrier-switching ideas for iPhoners [Marketplace]
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