{"id":575774,"date":"2010-05-22T11:36:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T15:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"16531 at http:\/\/www.precentral.net"},"modified":"2010-05-22T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T15:36:30","slug":"att-increases-etf-for-smartphones-and-netbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/575774","title":{"rendered":"AT&amp;T increases ETF for smartphones and netbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"214\" class=\"lightbox2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/sites\/precentral.net\/files\/articleimages\/76010\/2010\/05\/att.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/05\/21\/atandt-follows-verizon-jacks-up-etf-on-netbooks-and-smartphones\/\">Engadget<\/a> is reporting that AT&amp;T has raised its early termination fees on &quot;more advanced, higher end devices&quot; for new customers, as spelled out in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.att.com\/gen\/press-room?pid=17951\">open letter<\/a> the company drafted. &nbsp; The ETF has shot up to $325 when a new two-year contract is created around one of those highly-subsidized smartphones or notebooks folks never want to pay full price for, and gradually decreases by $10 for each month that customer stays with the company. &nbsp;This move comes not too long after Verizon Wireless enacted a similar ETF hike to the tidy sum of $350.&nbsp;Sprint still offers its customers the best deal of the big 3, allowing them to upgrade every 12 months once they reach &quot;premier&quot; status and holding an ETF over them of only $200.<\/p>\n<p>Does this news affect the decision making process of those of you who are looking to pick up a Pre Plus or a Pixi Plus on AT&amp;T? &nbsp;Or, since its starting to become standard business practice, will it be business as usual for you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\"><em>Thanks to Krod for the tip!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=givvMisUM54:w8DeGtNQFCY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=givvMisUM54:w8DeGtNQFCY:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=givvMisUM54:w8DeGtNQFCY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?i=givvMisUM54:w8DeGtNQFCY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=givvMisUM54:w8DeGtNQFCY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Precentralnet\/~4\/givvMisUM54\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engadget is reporting that AT&amp;T has raised its early termination fees on &quot;more advanced, higher end devices&quot; for new customers, as spelled out in an open letter the company drafted. &nbsp; The ETF has shot up to $325 when a new two-year contract is created around one of those highly-subsidized smartphones or notebooks folks never [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}