23 Jun 08 T-Mobile’s Early Termination Fees Reduced

Carriers in the USA are doing their best to lower those early termination fees. We’ve seen how AT&T worked their plans out to lower those early termination fees and now it’s T-Mobile’s turn. Let’s see how they’ll do it. FCC will be making up some rules for early termination fees after the recent events related to these unfair fees. Sprint Nextel was recently involved in a trial in California and more carriers might follow.

Like AT&T they will reduce the cost over time so their customers will pay less if they decide they want out of a certain contracts. Starting with Jun 28th, T-Mobile is going to offer the following early termination fees (ETF). If you have between 91 to 180 days remaining on your contract ETF from $200 to $100. Less than 91 days on the contract means a $50 ETF. Should you have less than 30 days of remaining service you will either pay the $50 or the monthly plan, whichever is cheaper. Sounds better than what AT&T offered.

Of course the new terms and condition apply to new subscribers and to subscribers which renew their plans on or after June 28th. If you don’t want a plan, T-Mobile has various alternatives in the pay as you go area: The T-Mobile FlexPay, the Pay By the Day plan, the Pay as You Go plan and the Sidekick Prepaid plan which can be chosen at any time. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages but you will have to check for yourself.

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