Sprint finally decides on ETF conditions and details
Just a few weeks ago, Sprint announced it would have details on how it’s dealing with early termination fees by December once its billing software was updated. It looks like Dan Hesse and his boys have been working on provisions really quickly! As of November 2, Sprint’s early termination fees will begin to decrease by $10 per month after the sixth month of service. However, this policy only applies to those who sign new contracts after November 2. If you signed up recently or are an existing customer and feeling a little jilted, all you have to do is renew your contract after November 2 and you will also qualify for the new ETF policy. This is probably a better idea for those who signed up recently rather than those who are nearing the end of their term, obviously. Just a few years ago, we never would have thought that ETFs would ever be prorated, but it looks like you can never overlook the power of lawsuits and hefty settlements!
Tags: Dan Hesse, early termination fee, ETF, Nextel, November 2 ETF, Sprint, Sprint Mobile
Anyways, in other news, the Touch Pro is available online tomorrow!
BTW. If you’re in California, please, vote yes on prop 8!
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att has been doing this since june/july this year. $5 a month, without the six month clause. not that this a major selling point for either company. yet it is a step in the right direction towards customer appreciation going up.
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Hell, Sprint is the last one to adopt this and I think Verizon has it right as far as ETF’s at least
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AT&T, when it was Cingular, had pro-rated ETF’s in certain states due to those states’ laws.
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY ***NO*** ON PROP 8!
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@ Crunch
and why not?
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@redsoxh84life08:
I am tired of racism. Just tired, you know? And Prop 8 represents a minority of course, in a way. Are you a bigot?
Prop 8 is so dead in the water anyway, so none of this matters.
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Everybody else:
What about the recent Calif. Superior Court decision which ruled for the plaintiff in a case against Sprint alleging constitutional problems with the ETF in his or her case, and in the process setting a precedent ruling ETF’s are illegal?
I never understood as to why everyone is so afraid of this oh-so horrific ETF. That person’s case must have had extenuating circumstances. I upgrade at will, as often as I like with ETF’s always waived when I need it, so I don’t really care. I LOVE the system we have in the U.S. with subsidized phones/devices. Yea, baby! Blackberry Bold coming up next.
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We’ll see. I was a part of a ton of people waving signs, and we got a ton of honks, and only a few thumbs down/flip offs. And is being gay a race?
In other news, the touch pro is live on sprints site!
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How a conversation about prorated ETF’s turns in to voting in CA blows my mind. Stick to the topic.
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This sucks, I’m Six months in, though I found a way around the ETF….just ask for another phone number, and transfer my current one to another carrier, and then get a cheapest plan they have, and let my mom use the phone!
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Man, if you guys only knew about these ETF’s and contracts….
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