Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More

An anonymous reader writes "If you buy a smartphone through Verizon, be prepared for an increase in the early termination fee. Verizon is doubling the phone-subsidy to $350. What's more, is that Verizon also actively charges customers for accidental data transmissions of as little as 0.02kb. 'They configure the phones to have multiple easily hit keystrokes to launch 'Get it now' or 'Mobile Web'—usually a single key like an arrow key. [...] The instant you call the function, they charge you the data fee. We cancel these unintended requests as fast as we can hit the End key, but it doesn't matter; they've told me that ANY data--even one kilobyte--is billed as 1MB. The damage is done.'"

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[thestudio_bob]

This is EXACTLY why I left Verizon. They may have the better network, but the crap they pull is ridiculous. Charging you for every little thing you do, crappy customer support, crappy store representatives.

I'm not a fan of AT&T, but compared to Verizon, they are angels.