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California judge declares Sprint's early termination fees illegal

2008-08-01 15:56:27 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
...fees: I don't speak Legalese, but I believe an onomatopoeic kablammo is accepted in most languages. The judge presupposed that the ETFs were unfairly enforcing contracts. Of course, the FCC has complained about the ruling, suggesting instead that it should be a federal issue: "A consistent, uniform, national framework of standards is the...
 
Tags: fees, termination fees, cancellation fees, sprint, california judge, judge, wireless consumers, consumers, contract
 
 
 
 
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FCC May Regulate Cellphone Early Termination Fees

2008-05-22 10:12:56 by max in zedomax.com
 
...fees which I paid about 3-4 times while trying to find the fastest cellular internet service. (which ended up as Sprint. AT&T (Cingular), T-mobile, Verizon, they all suck Cell phone companies routinely charge customers $175 or more for quitting their service early. Under a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission, the wireless...
 
Tags: cellular internet service, fees, internet service, abolish cancellation fees, cancellation fees, service, cancel service, termination fees, federal communications commission
 
 
 
 
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Government exempt from early termination fees

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2008-06-12 18:00:00 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...fees. Im not going to sit here flailing my arms around and pounding my fists on my desk, because Im sure that every single government agent with a state-issued cell phone is walking around with a Nokia 6110 with duct tape over the battery cover. Ha! Because the government is slow to adopt change, get it Anyway, the story is that back in 2004,...
 
Tags: termination fees, fees, government, single government agent, cell phone, plans, cell phone companies, special plans, sprint-nextel
 
 
 
 
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Californian Judge Rules Early Termination Fees Illegal

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2008-08-01 14:43:45 by Rico in The Gadget Blog
...fees illegal . Ruling against the service provider in a class-action lawsuit, the judge ordered the company to pay $18.2 million to the plaintiffs, and say goodbye to over $54.7 million, the total amount charged to reportedly over 2 million Californians when they terminated their post-paid plans early. Next Legal Steps The ruling provides a...
 
Tags: termination fees illegal, termination fees, service providers, judge, extra fees, customers, locking-in customers, million, contract
 
 
 
 
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Verizon quotes $420 in setup fees for business DSL, and that doesn't include the actual DSL

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2008-04-21 14:38:31 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...fees, contingency fees and high prices that could result in a $470 bill, plus taxes and fees, in my first month Read on for the breakdown, as explained to me by an otherwise very helpful and friendly CSR The cheapest decent dry loop DSL plan (i.e. no phone service) is $50 a month for 3 Mbps. There's a $40 a month plan, but it means dropping...
 
Tags: fees, setup fees, setup, dsl, verizon, contingency fees, office, office unit, basic
 
 
 
 
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FCC Announce Plans to Regulate Cell Phone Cancellation Fees

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2008-06-13 16:30:04 by Patrick Birmingham in Cell Phone Digest
...fees that cell phone companies charge consumers for canceling their contracts early The plan, which is a great idea, will require that the fees be related to the cost of the cell phones. Additionally, the fees will be pro rated or reduced over the time of the contract Mr. Martin did not commit the FCC regulating the fees, however, he stated,...
 
Tags: fees, plans, fcc, martin, plan, plan yesterday, contracts, federal communications commission, adequately protect consumers
 
 
 
 
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Sprint Loses Early Termination Fees Lawsuit in California

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2008-07-29 23:53:23 by Patrick Birmingham in Cell Phone Digest
...fees charged to break service contracts. Sprint also has to pay $54.8 million to customers who were charged but did not pay the fees. Sprint tried to argue that the state court had no business deciding an issue considered to be a federal issue Alameda County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw is also considering other lawsuits against...
 
Tags: termination fees, fees, california, sprint, issue, million, federal issue, california courtroom, month verizon wireless
 
 
 
 
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Court declares VoIP is exempt from service fees

2008-03-27 11:47:07 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
 
...fees. Nebraska wanted Vonage to "chip in" by paying into the state's Universal Service Fund (USF), a fund designed to offset the costs of providing phone service to remote areas. A court ruled in favor of Vonage by declaring federal law excludes VoIP providers from paying service fees. This is great news for VoIP service providers, especially...
 
Tags: voip, phone wires, phone, bites, voip provider bites, phone service, vonage outage, vonage, phone line
 
 
 
 
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Judge Rules Early Termination Fees Are Illegal and Violate California Law [ETF Fees]

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2008-07-31 17:00:00 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...fees from cellphone companies violates California state law and are illegal. What's this mean to you? Sprint Nextel has been ordered to pay $18.2 million in reimbursements to customers who already paid their ETF, and to stop trying to collect $54.7 million from customers who canceled and refused to pay. But if ETF fees are illegal, does that...
 
Tags: etf, etf fees, termination fees, illegal, law, sprint nextel, california, 2-year contractswhich, million