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SteelBlue · 07-31-2008, 08:23 PM

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/99655

This is pretty interesting. Sounds like cell phone companies will just give the fee a different name down the road.

TripletDaddy · 07-31-2008, 08:26 PM

They will just stop giving everyone steep discounts on handsets when they sign up.

Churn is inevitable. My gues is that people won't be switching all the time even without the termination fee because people are generally locked to certain devices that they prefer (also certain carriers have better network coverage in different areas, so switching to a weaker signal would not be smart).

Indy Coug · 07-31-2008, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

They will just stop giving everyone steep discounts on handsets when they sign up.

Precisely.

il Padrino Ute · 07-31-2008, 08:58 PM

Does this mean Sprint will now give millions of dollars in support of Proposition 8?

07-31-2008, 08:23 PM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Early termination fee for cell contracts ruled illegal in CA http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/99655 This is pretty interesting. Sounds like cell phone companies will just give the fee a different name down the road.

07-31-2008, 08:26 PM	#2
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07-31-2008, 08:58 PM	#4
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