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Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More

Posted by timothy on from the infuriating-design dept.

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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  1. Re:Seems reasonable... by jpmorgan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, this 'article' doesn't seem to have any coherent point beyond 'Verizon sucks!' which makes me question the motives of the author.

  2. I don't get the phone obsession by gurps_npc · · Score: 0, Troll

    Truly I don't. I have a single cell phone provided by my company. What posses people to waste their cash, signing up for obviously MORONIC contracts? If your company won't pay for your phone, get something without this kind of CRAP from Verizon. I mean really, do you truly need this junk?

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  3. Sounds like FUD from the Deathstar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    AT&T and Apple are scared stupid about the Google power behind the Droid. So they are circulating these rumors about overage charges and early termination fees to scare people away from the Driod. As in these are not the Droids you are looking for. FUD plain and simple. I grilled Verizon the other day and I found out that the mandatory data plan that comes with the Droid has NO LIMIT, thats right NO LIMIT, the 5GB limit is on other devices the Drroid has NO LIMIT and NO OVERAGE CHARGES. So stop being whiner.

  4. Re:Seems reasonable... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Want some whine while you wait for your whaaaambulance? We're talking about a phone geared up around a data plan. There's zero point in buying these smartphones unless you intended to use them online. Don't buy a smartphone if you only want a phone, durrrr.

  5. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, he did. To sum up.

    Verison 3G http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/10/att_defends_its_data_network_from_verizon_ad_attacks.html