ETF = (Cost of unsubsidized phone - cost of subsidized phone) / (months remaining in contract / months total in contract). Pretty straightforward and definitely reflective of carrier subsidy costs.
Only you're out of gas on that when you bring your own unsubsidized handset there should be no ETF. ETF = money we as the phone company make on unhappy subscribers. -- When I gez aju zavateh na nalechoo more new yonooz tonigh molinigh - Ken Lee
No. There should be no ETF on bring-your-own-phone...and for T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T that's an option. My AT&T aircard was purchased off of eBay...no contract for my data plan and no ETF Wouldn't have signed up for the service if it hadn't been that way.
reply to dvd536 The thing is, who lets you bring a your phone to a new carrier? TM only if you unlock it and and then buy the SIM card (if they decide to allow it) ATT--mehhhh. Sprint won't do it. VZW sure in the hell won't do it.
TM and ATT will re-activate their old phones but still require contracts unless its under the no contract option now of TM or GoPhone for ATT. -- www.two-pugs.com www.2pugs.etsy.com
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Wouldn't have signed up for the service if it hadn't been that way.