http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Congress bellyaches about contracts, termination fees http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 10:46AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/i am not saying you are wrong , but i think this might actually create more competition between carreirs and benefit us in many ways, like more advanced handsets from Asia and EU, and better services, ]]>Jul 13th 2007 11:00AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 11:19AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/
Let phones be marketed and sold as phones, let services compete and be sold as services.]]>Jul 13th 2007 11:07AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 11:25AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 11:49AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 11:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/congressional-hearing-on-wireless-innovation-and-consumer-protection/]]>Jul 13th 2007 11:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 14th 2007 1:18AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/
So you'd still be paying $40-50 a month, but now you're paying upwards of $250-300 to get a phone that you could get for free with a contract today.

I just hope we don't turn into Canada, with its THREE year agreements and crap phones.]]>Jul 13th 2007 11:46AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/
Par exemple:
I'll take a random phone.. Blackberry Curve.

On AT&T you can buy it for $199 after mail in rebate ($299 before) with a 2 year contract, while in Canada, the same phone would cost $349 with a 3 year contract.

The current Canadian trend is ETF.. some carriers charge up to $720 (Telus) for cancelling service.. that's a major ouch!]]>Jul 13th 2007 9:38PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 11:47AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 1:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 1:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 1:55PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 4:35PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/
1. T-mobile has great plans that are affordable and they got Sidekicks..yay..
2. Sprint they have some fairly good coverage and they have pretty good pricing as well for a CDMA technology carrier..
3. At&t has rollover and iPhone as well as a bunch of innovative devices plus they work well in other countries.
4. Verizon has won numerous awards for customer service and they have great coverage.

The point being stopped complaining ppl. You have choices, it's just not the ones you want, but guess what if you bought a car and 6 months later you said well I don't want it anymore cancel my financing rates, I'm sure they would turn around and give you your money and prorate the charges for the time you had it.

Oh and by the way, if I hear another person ask me why they are billed in advance with Verizon Wireless, I'm gonna run thru a wall. If you have never been billed a month in advance then I look forward to you living in the real world. ]]>Jul 13th 2007 6:28PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/
By the way, does it bother anyone else that all agreements, changes and other important discussions had with a CSR (with ATT in my case) go as notes on your account, but the customer never receives a written copy to hold their interests? This wouldn't bother me so much if I hadn't been lied to on several occasions and screwed out of my time and money by dishonest CSRs.]]>Jul 13th 2007 8:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/
if they all have 2 year contracts and they all have etfs, then where is the choice?

the only nationwide postpaid company i know of with no etf is Voce.]]>Jul 14th 2007 1:18AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/07/13/congress-bellyaches-about-contracts-termination-fees/Jul 13th 2007 7:49PM