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NEWS: AT&T backs off two of its onerous policies
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| karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net 2007-10-17, 10:33 pm |
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Change plans without new contract requirement. Effective 11/2007
Early termination fee to be prorated (But only on new plans, not
existing - early 2008)
[url]http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news& newsarticleid=24559[
/url]
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| Todd Allcock 2007-10-18, 4:33 am |
| At 17 Oct 2007 21:43:58 -0500 karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:
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> Change plans without new contract requirement. Effective 11/2007
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> Early termination fee to be prorated (But only on new plans, not
> existing - early 2008)
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> [url]http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news& newsarticleid=24559[
/url]
Ahh, you can almost smell the crisp scent of Congressional "Wireless
Consumers Bill of Rights" legislation in the air, can't you, as carriers
scramble to "prove" it's unnecessary?
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| karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net 2007-10-18, 7:33 am |
| On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:22:15 -0600, Todd Allcock
< elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote:
>At 17 Oct 2007 21:43:58 -0500 karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:
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>Ahh, you can almost smell the crisp scent of Congressional "Wireless
>Consumers Bill of Rights" legislation in the air, can't you, as carriers
>scramble to "prove" it's unnecessary?
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Exactly. The CTIA is very buzy.
http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/1707
Lots of press releases saying "Consumers are happy"
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| Thomas T. Veldhouse 2007-10-18, 10:33 am |
| karlkrandall@sbcglob
al.net wrote:
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> Change plans without new contract requirement. Effective 11/2007
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> Early termination fee to be prorated (But only on new plans, not
> existing - early 2008)
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> [url]http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news& newsarticleid=24559[
/url]
Verizon promised this about one year ago and to my knowledge, it never
materialized. It takes the Attourney General and Senator of Minnesota to get
these bastards attention [in particular, Sprint PCS].
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
-- Henry Kissinger
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| Todd Allcock 2007-10-18, 10:33 am |
| At 18 Oct 2007 12:46:06 +0000 Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
room?pid=4800&cdvn=news& newsarticleid=24559[
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> Verizon promised this about one year ago and to my knowledge, it never
> materialized.
Actually it did, but like with AT&T it only applied to new contracts
signed after the implementation date. Verizon's been pro-rating
contracts for a few months now.
Those who were already under contract are unaffected.
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| karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net 2007-10-18, 10:33 am |
| On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:17:59 -0600, Todd Allcock
< elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote:
>At 18 Oct 2007 12:46:06 +0000 Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
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>Actually it did, but like with AT&T it only applied to new contracts
>signed after the implementation date. Verizon's been pro-rating
>contracts for a few months now.
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>Those who were already under contract are unaffected.
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And AT&T says it won't be implmented till Early 2008 (could be June
29) Might require a half day of some programmers time to implement
the change so it wouldnt happen instantly.
Possibly if you called in every day and complained they might pull a
Sprint, and invite you out of your contract.
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