New FCC Consumer Task Force Investigating ETFs > BYOP doesn't result in lower plan rates either

said by MaynardKrebs:

Say you bring your own unsubsidized phone to carrier and sign-up to a plan - with or without a contract.

The carrier does not give you a better price on the plan even though they have ZERO risk of losing money on you due to any quirks in ETF's with respect to recovering the subsidy on a phone they sold you.

Anyone who BYOP to a carrier should never be subjected to ETF's and in fact ought to get a discount on the plan equivalent to the phone subsidy the carrier normally builds-in.