It seems that early termination fees (ETF) are getting more and more media coverage as of late. We’ve made it quite clear that we don’t like ETFs, and with the FCC having whetted their ETF-appetite with their own investigation in to eliminating contract-termination fees, Sprint Nextel has made the move to eliminate ETFs for its government-users.
Government employees would “never, never accept such penalty amounts,” according to Nextel’s then-VP Scott Wiener. And, so, Sprint Nextel has nixed the dreaded ETF for any subscriber toiling away at their bureaucratic government job in some in some nondescript with no windows.
Unfortunately, while Sprint seems to think that government-types won’t just lie down and pay those ridiculous ETFs, it looks like the No. 3 US wireless carrier views us regular subscribers as push overs. At least Sprint will be launching pro-rated ETFs…
[Via: FOXnews]