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Verizon Wireless New $350 ETF Fee

November 12th, 2009. By AbiK

I’d been focusing on November 16th—the day the Arbiter 6 report is due on Zetia and Niaspan—but November 15th will be quite a day for Verizon Wireless customers. It’s the day their new Early Termination Fee (ETF) goes into effect.

The old Verizon Wireless ETF fee: $175

The new Verizon Wireless ETF fee: $350

Now, according to a Verizon spokesperson as reported by PCMagazine online, it’s only on “advanced devices”. What’s that mean? Well, “a combination of advanced capabilities that combined increase the cost of the device.”

Now in English:

“These capabilities can include a premium HTML browser; high-resolution MP camera with optical zoom; dual processor chipsets; WiFi; very high display resolution, and operating systems such as Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm, or Android.”

I was ok until we got to the “Blackberry, Windows Mobile….” part. Who doesn’t have any of Read the rest of this entry »

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