If you’re thinking about joining up with Sprint, you better be sure you’re willing to stick with the contract. An internal Sprint document has been leaked that states the fee for early terminations is going up on September 9. It’s not a modest increase either.

A new study from the FCC has found that most people are unhappy with their cellular provider’s billing. The agency surveyed over 3,000 people and discovered that most of them had received a shockingly high bill and didn’t understand ETFs at all. It also found that 83% of all Americans now have a cell phone. more »

AT&T Wireless customers beware. As of June 1st the company’s early termination fee for smartphones will rise to a whopping $325. That’s double the old rate of $175. The fee hike will only apply to smartphones like the iPhone, Blackberry, Palm and Windows Mobile devices. AT&T hasn’t given a reason for the hike but some more »

I just wanted to offer a quick and friendly reminder to those that may have recently canceled their Sprint contract due to the regulatory rate increase. Unfortunately the time period to cancel is now over, but this message warning is intended for those that already did cancel. If you canceled — call Sprint and make more »

The Nexus One is a strange device. It is the only cellphone of any kind that has two Early Termination Fees, one from the carrier (currently only T-Mobile), and one from Google itself. That alone was enough to get the FCC asking Google about why it charges an ETF for the Nexus One. We haven’t more »

We saw Verizon announce the increased ETF fees for “advanced” devices back in November and since then that has not only gone into effect, but also taken in question by the FCC. Unfortunately, that $350 ETF is still in effect, but in a slight bit of good news, Verizon has removed ten phones from that more »

As I mentioned back in December, Sprint has made a change to the contract terms and users should be able to cancel without having to pay an early termination fee. The change means that users, should they choose not to cancel, will have to pay an extra $0.20 cents per line. According to the details; more »

Verizon has responded to the FCC’s inquiry regarding their decision to double their ETF to a whopping $350 and their explanation has many shaking their heads in disbelief. Turns out that Verizon considers that fee to be covering just about every facet of their operation! “The ETF is not limited to the recovery of the more »

It looks like Sprint is preparing to make a change in their contract terms, and yes that means users will be able to (in theory) cancel their current contract without having to pay an early termination fee. Of course, I say “in theory” because your individual mileage may vary, as it usually does with these more »

The FCC has opened an investigation following Verizon’s announcement that they would be doubling their ETF from $175 to $350. Verizon claims the rising costs of subsidizing handsets result in higher monetary losses when a customer leaves before their contract is up, leaving them little choice but to raise the early termination fee to cover more »