SOON? iPhone 3G owners can now cancel subscription without having to pay AT&T lock in fees? Doubt.
August 1, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under AT&T
Early termination fees, the only wall that bars consumers from becoming scott free from a lock in period to a particular telco is now illegal in California:
In one fell swoop, Judge Bonnie Sabraw of the Alameda County Superior Court has added $72.9 million to Sprint-Nextel’s loss column, and declared early termination 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.
So does this apply to the iPhone 3G and AT&T lock in plans? Actually no. First off the FCC obviously sees through this as a scapegoat plan to get much desired hardware. They’re smarter than that. A whole bunch of AT&T customers all of a sudden becoming dissatisfied with AT&T’ service all at once? Too suspicious, it’s actually cute.
