FCC Wants A Better Explanation from Verizon On ETFs

I assume nothing.

If then, your current carrier upped the early termination fee to $1,000, would you leave to find someone else, even if everything else stayed the same? or got better?

I know I would leave my carrier MENNO, if they raised it to a $1000 because I am an egotistical a$$ that has to follow the whiners of America and demand that a penalty I will never get hit with because I have no problems with the service get dropped down to a suitable level where I can scrap up penny's to pay; just in case!

Menno said:
I assume nothing.

If then, your current carrier upped the early termination fee to $1,000, would you leave to find someone else, even if everything else stayed the same? or got better?

You're missing the point as usual, Menno. $350 to terminate your contract is ridiculous.

That's it. No philosophy or how the stars align. Try not to overthink it.

you didn't answer my question. if your carrier upped their early term to 1000, would you not sign with them, even if nothing else changed? For a pretty large majority of Verizon (or any wireless carrier's customers) the early term could be a million dollars and it would make no significant difference on if they would leave their carrier early or not.

People not affected by the change.
-The majority are happy with the carrier.
-Then you have the people who have 175 is too high, so they wait till the end of term.
-Then you have the mixed majority who wouldn't leave the carrier even with a buyback ETF (based directly on their phone subsidy) but still complain about it.
-and finally you have the very small minority who would pay any pri...
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Menno said:
you didn't answer my question. if your carrier upped their early term to 1000, would you not sign with them, even if nothing else changed? For a pretty large majority of Verizon (or any wireless carrier's customers) the early term could be a million dollars and it would make no significant difference on if they would leave their carrier early or not.

People not affected by the change.
-The majority are happy with the carrier.
-Then you have the people who have 175 is too high, so they wait till the end of term.
-Then you have the mixed majority who wouldn't leave the carrier even with a buyback ETF (based directly on their phone subsidy) but still complain about it.
-and finally you have the very smal

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sorry, I'll stop smudging your mirror so you get a better look at yourself next time Mr Kettle

LOL

Well, would you sign a contract if you didn't agree with the terms?

Slammer said:
Who is at fault for offering free phones if they can't afford the loss?

Good point, in the end, it doesn't come down to the fee, it comes down to a long term loss of a customers that the carriers don't want. I read the all sorts of posts some even that I don't agree with which were well done. But in the end the US Wireless industry wants a form of indentured servitude and it isn't only VZW. I would prefer the european model, those companies are bigger or as large as their US counterparts, better service, more choice and freedom to flip carriers easier, for whatever reason.

And yes you can get subsidized phones, and pay a far less overtime etf.