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T-Mobile US wants large breakup fee if Sprint bid falls through

article published on 11 May, 2014

Over the past few months, there have been ongoing rumors that Sprint is looking to bid on T-Mobile US in their ongoing efforts to remain relevant after years of losses and stagnant growth. If the deal were to go through, which is certainly not a guarantee given the stringent FCC and DOJ, the new merged carrier would be able to compete with AT&T and Verizon in size and scale, breaking ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug

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11. May 2014 @ 17:47

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T-Mobile...a company that likes early termination fees so much that they charge them to other cell companies!

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hearme0

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12. May 2014 @ 13:48

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Please clarify.

Are you complaining about TMo or giving props? Is their early term fees any different than the others??

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VictorJul

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16. May 2014 @ 18:34

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Their early termination Is different from others. Whereas others charge you just for leaving them, T-Mobile charges you for the remainder of the cost of the phone. (Instead of subsidizing the phones, they give you a loan on it and you pay it off with your bill.)

This ends up being about the same as everybody else for most people, but saves the customer an @$$ton of money if they bring their own phone, buy outright, or upgrade less often than every two years.

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KillerBug

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16. May 2014 @ 21:03

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Originally posted by VictorJul:
Their early termination Is different from others. Whereas others charge you just for leaving them, T-Mobile charges you for the remainder of the cost of the phone. (Instead of subsidizing the phones, they give you a loan on it and you pay it off with your bill.)

This ends up being about the same as everybody else for most people, but saves the customer an @$$ton of money if they bring their own phone, buy outright, or upgrade less often than every two years.

That's not exactly right. They sell you the plan you describe...but then they put you on a contract anyway so you have to pay early termination fees plus you have to pay for the phone. Also, the contract auto-renews and they don't terminate service immediately when asked...so if you cancel on the day the contract ends they wait a day and then charge you an early termination fee for the new contract. If you cancel 3 days before the contract ends you still get charged the full early termination fee just for those 1-3 days. When I complained about this to their rep I was told I should have read my contract...it said nothing about any service contract at all (other than several conditions about service that they broke) so I called back and was told that by paying my bill I was agreeing to the fine print on the back of the bill (which I didn't get because I was out of town and it was on auto-pay) that said I was going onto contract and it would auto-renew. T-Mobile...the scummiest provider I've ever dealt with, every day suckering in more people with the same plan they used on my 3 years ago.

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