 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to NOVA_Guy
Re: So? said by NOVA_Guy:If the bill passes, and companies eliminate discounts on phones, then they won't be able to charge any early termination fees to consumers. (One of the clauses limits ETFs to the amount of discounts provided.) I'd say that was a good thing. And you can already get cell phones for full price and not be subject to any ETF. So this means absolutely no action is needed by Congress. If that's what someone wants to do, then by all means let them do it. If someone would rather get a discount and be bound to a contract, let them do that as well.
Why is this type of customer choice a bad thing?
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| said by pnh102:said by NOVA_Guy:If the bill passes, and companies eliminate discounts on phones, then they won't be able to charge any early termination fees to consumers. (One of the clauses limits ETFs to the amount of discounts provided.) I'd say that was a good thing. And you can already get cell phones for full price and not be subject to any ETF. So this means absolutely no action is needed by Congress. If that's what someone wants to do, then by all means let them do it. If someone would rather get a discount and be bound to a contract, let them do that as well. Why is this type of customer choice a bad thing? Even if you pay full price for a phone you pay the same `subsidized` monthly fee.
It`s not customer choice when the choices are limited by what the colluding carriers are willing to offer.
Whatever your definition of customer choice is, it`s obviously not Congress`s or the FCC`s definition. |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by sonicmerlin:Even if you pay full price for a phone you pay the same `subsidized` monthly fee. Which begs the question, why change the rules if the prevailing ones offer most people (who don't pay ETFs) a discount?
You can do what you advocate here if you like without any government involvement, buy your phone at full price and you too can enjoy the joy of paying full price for a phone and service.
Most other people have no problem getting a discount and would gladly continue the current policy because this new rule will simply raise the cost of the phone to an end user.
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