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

Verizon has been getting a lot of press recently for the marketing war its waging against AT&T (NYSE: T), and its been distracting a lot of people from the real problem with Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless their excessive $350 Early Termination Fee (ETF). The wireless carrier recently upped their ETF for advanced devices

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.

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

It looks like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) managed to not only confuse and anger consumers with the memo they sent to the FCC in defense of the $350 advanced devices ETF. Turns out, the FCC was none too pleased to hear that Verizon was using its early termination fee to help pay to keep the lights

Verizon Wireless strongly defended both its new early termination fee (ETF) policy and the minimum data charges associated with mobile Web access. The company argued that the fees promote consumer choice and broadband deployment and said that ETFs allow it to "offer wireless devices at a substantial discount from their full retail price." Earlier this month, the FCC sent a letter to Verizon asking...

So Big Red had some ‘splaining to do, and recently had to cough up a few answers for a FCC inquiry. The commission wanted to know more about the early termination fee levied on smartphone users, who were singled out for higher fees (up to $350) for breaking two-year contracts. And even if they were just one month short of the 24-month term, they would still have to pay $120. It doesn&rsq...

It will no longer cost you more to cancel a Nexus One contract than it does to buy a Nexus One. But Google's still imposing a $150 "equipment recovery fee" on top of T-Mobile's $200 ETF. The change comes on the heels of an FCC inquiry into out-of-control termination fees. Up until now, Nexus One owners were expected to pay $350 in the event of canceling or downgrading their T-Mobile cont...

Early Termination Fee was on the growing list of complaints against Googles SuperPhone. Now, Google has decided to trim it down. If Nexus One customers canceled their contract within the first 120 days of purchase, they would have to pay a massive amount of   $550 ($350 from Google as Equipment Recovery Fee, $200 from T-Mobile

Verizon Wireless has silently taken 10 multimedia devices off the list of phones that require its new $350 early termination fee. The original list submitted to the FCC in December 2009 featured 10 models that don't appear on the ...