Breaking up with your wireless provider just got a bit easier — but as with the termination of any bad relationship, timing is everything.
Following a spate of announcements from Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile earlier this year, AT&T officially began pro-rating its early termination fees on Sunday. According to the company, instead of paying one single flat fee of $175 to jump ship, you’ll now be able to shave off $5 from that amount for every month completed of your one- or two-year contract.
“We have not yet provided specifics on our new approach,” an AT&T spokesperson said on Tuesday, “but we remain committed to the idea that wireless customers who leave their contract early should not pay a flat early-termination fee.”
Unfortunately, this new policy does not extend to those who signed up for a contract prior to May 25, 2008.
So why the sudden change of heart? According to most […]
Original post by Bryan Gardiner
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