Recent Entries in ETF
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Android News: Nexus One Phone ETF Reduced $200 to $150
Google has reduced their “fee” for T-Mobile customers who leave their T-Mobile contract early from $350 to $150 which was on top of the T-Mobile $200 early termination fee (ETF) for the Nexus One superphone. Hopefully fewer Nexus One owners...
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Senators Intro Cell Phone Early Termination Fee Transparency and Fairness Act
Verizon's increase in their Early Termination Fee for smartphones such as the Droid, is one of the reasons for a new senate bill. Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN), Senator Russ Feingold (WI), Senator Jim Webb (VA), and Senator Mark...
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FCC Investigates Verizon's Increased Early Termination & Phantom Fees
The FCC is looking out for your interests. They have sent a letter to Verizon, asking what the doubled early termination fee and phantom $1.99 for accessing Verizon Wireless's Mobile Web even when the button is tapped by mistake, is...
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Sprint Settles ETF Lawsuit: Sprint Customers Get $95 Each
Sprint has sent announcements to subscribers that itsettled a class action suit for its former early termination fee (ETF) practices. The suit claimed that Sprint overcharged customer $1.2 billion.Sprint changed their ETF practices last fall and by pro-rating ETFs, with...
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Sprint Early Termination Fee Settlement, File for $90 or $35
A national settlement has been reached in a class action suite alleging that Sprint, Nextel and/or Sprint Nextel's use of a flat-rate early termination fee (ETF) in its customer wireless agreement. Sprint Nextel agreed to pay $14 million into a...
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Details of Sprint's New ETFs for NEW Customers Only
Sprint has detailed of its pro-rated early termination fee (ETF) policy, effective November 2, 2008. Under the new policy, Sprint's ETF of $200 will decrease by $10 increments per month beginning in month six of a wireless customer's contract. Nine...
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Sprint Lowers ETF in December
Spring going to be lowering early termination fees for its customers, CEO Dann Hesse said in an interview.The $200+ ETF will be lowered in December and the fee will be gradually decreased for each month of the service contract.The FCC...
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Sprint to Pay $18.2 Million for ETF Case and Give $54.7 Million in Credits
Sprint Nextel Corp. violated California law in how it charged early terminations fees, under a ruling in Alameda County Superior Court from Judge Bonnie Sabraw on Moday. The Associated Press reports "Sprint will have to pay $18.2 million in...
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T-Mobile Prorates Early Termination Fees
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced a change in their early termination fees (ETFs) Beginning on June 28, 2008, the ETF for customers who choose a one-year or two-year service agreement with T-Mobile will decline during the course of their contract....
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FCC Chair Martin Suggests ETF Reform
The FCC received over 3700 complaints about early termination fees. FCC Kevin J. Chairman Martin said that consumers should be protected, while early termination fees can be a legitimate means of recovering legitimate costs and they shouldn't be abused. in...
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Equal Early Termination Fees for All US, Verizon Tells FCC
Verizon says that it told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday (June 12) that both consumers and the competitive wireless industry would fare better under an FCC-set national policy on early termination fees (ETFs) than under the confusing patchwork of inconsistent...
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