Verizon Wireless is set to double its Early Termination Fee to $350 on November 15, while other carriers say they have no plan to raise the price of fees charged to subscribers to buy out their contract. Read the full story here.

You see, it's just not enough that you're locked into a long-term binding contract with an epic ETF these days, apparently -- carriers need a little more assurance that you're going to make it rain on them after you pick up a subsidized device. Verizon's doing it, and now AT&T's following on from a slightly different angle, it seems. BGR has scored what appears to ...

No one likes a wireless contract. It restricts our freedom as consumers (e.g., no class action lawsuits) and binds us to a single carrier for two years at a time. So why do we sign them? We dont have much of a choice, since thats the way Americas major carriers operate. But even if offered the option, many of us would still sign a contract, because that grants us a subsidy on a handset. While a Bl...

From time to time, US carriers decide to change the terms of their contracts. The changes usually involve increases in some sort of fee. When carriers do this, customers can sometimes get out of their wireless contracts without having to pay early termination fees (ETFs). T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) has just made one of those contract

Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota has said that she plans to introduce new legislation to prevent wireless carriers from unfairly raising penalties on costumers who cancel their contracts early. Last week, Verizon Wireless confirmed its plans to raise Early ...

Verizon Wireless, under regulatory scrutiny for raising early termination fees, said on Friday those charges are reasonable because costs for offering advanced handsets has increased. Verizon increased their ETF from $175 to $350 on some smartphones. A customer who cancels their two-year contract after 23 months still owes Verizon $120. Verizon Wireless still incurs a

If youre thinking about buying a smartphone from Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless on a new 2-year contract just so you can pay the early termination fee (ETF) and sell the extra handset for a profit on eBay or Craigslist, you had better get on it. Starting November 15, Verizon Wireless will be bumping up their

ETF (early termination fee) is the charge that customers will have to pay when they end their contract early. The provision of the EFT supports the wireless company to offer phones to customers at a lower or discounted price than the original price. Verizon’s response to the FCC mentions that even with the

If you thought about canceling a Verizon contract after the first month in order to resell the Droid on eBay, think again. The nations #1 wireless carrier has sent out a notice to its sales channels announcing a doubling of the early termination fee (ETF) to a whopping $350. According to the Boy Genius Report,

I am always interested in the trends that happen in the wireless carrier industry. We told you last week that Sprint was going to kill the call forwarding fees that they have been charging customers 20 cents a minute for using YouMail and other voicemail services. Other carriers have been just using your minutes