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6 days ago KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Following its rivals, Sprint Nextel Corp. will soon begin trimming the fees customers face for canceling their cell phone service early. Chief Executive Dan Hesse said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press that Sprint could start lowering the early ...
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Sprint To Prorate Early Termination Fee; Last Of The Big Four
mocoNews — ... It's about time. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told AP that the carrier could start lowering the early termination fee it charges customers who want to drop their contract early as soon as December. Sprint, apparently, needs to update its billing software before it can do this. It is the last of the big four carriers to reduce the ETF, which has been the bane of many wireless subscriber, who can be charged $200 or more for walking away early.  Carriers argue that the ETF cover phone subsidies they offer subscribers. The fee will now be prorated and will get lower the ...

Sprint To Start Discounting ETFs Monthly [Early Termination Fees]
Consumerist — ... , according to an u. Previously, whether you canceled service 1 day into or one day before the end of your service contract, you would get a $200 fee. That fee is supposed to reimburse the company for the cost of providing you a cellphone at reduced cost. The change is expected to be only good for new subscribers and is not retroactive, so, sorry Charlie if you were hoping to go get an iPhone. Sprint to join rivals in cutting termination fees [AP] ...

Sprint to pro-rate termination fees for new customers
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... might be further surprised to find that Sprint's already gotten into trouble for shafting its current customers: a California judge ordered it to reimburse $73m to customers earlier this year. The reason for such bull-headedness seems obvious: it needs the cash. While Sprint has made efforts to fix its reputation for poor customer care, it's still losing customers. So it's happy to anger them, and even risk legal sanction, to pry $200 from each and every one. Sprint to join rivals in cutting termination fees [AP via The Consumerist] ...

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