Comments on: Curious about cellphone early termination fees? http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/18/curious-about-cellphone-early-termination-fees/ Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: RileyFreeman http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/18/curious-about-cellphone-early-termination-fees/#comment-23773 RileyFreeman Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:32:06 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10835#comment-23773 i think its also important to mention telus has no cap on their termination charges. only bell and rogers cap it at 400$ i think its also important to mention telus has no cap on their termination charges. only bell and rogers cap it at 400$

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]]> By: Roger Strong http://mobilesyrup.com/2009/06/18/curious-about-cellphone-early-termination-fees/#comment-23756 Roger Strong Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:54:49 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=10835#comment-23756 I signed a three-year contract with Telus in Manitoba for a Windows Mobile smartphone with a web browser. I needed this for when I was out of town - Telus had data service across southern Manitoba. That service disappeared altogether a few weeks after I signed the contract. As it turned out, Telus was using MTS towers outside of Winnipeg - and their agreement ended. For you or I, selling these contracts without having a new agreement in place would result in criminal charges. For Telus it was normal business practices. I now live just outside Winnipeg, well within Telus's hypothetical coverage area, and I can't get usable voice signal at my home. I can't give out my phone number, because I can't stay connected long enough to collect my messages let alone hold a conversation. With no data and and unusable voice service, my phone is essentially a brick. And as the article explains, terminating the contract is not an option, even when Telus's services service not only changes, but disappears. Telus. The Future is Sleazy.

I signed a three-year contract with Telus in Manitoba for a Windows Mobile smartphone with a web browser. I needed this for when I was out of town – Telus had data service across southern Manitoba.

That service disappeared altogether a few weeks after I signed the contract.

As it turned out, Telus was using MTS towers outside of Winnipeg – and their agreement ended. For you or I, selling these contracts without having a new agreement in place would result in criminal charges. For Telus it was normal business practices.

I now live just outside Winnipeg, well within Telus's hypothetical coverage area, and I can't get usable voice signal at my home. I can't give out my phone number, because I can't stay connected long enough to collect my messages let alone hold a conversation.

With no data and and unusable voice service, my phone is essentially a brick. And as the article explains, terminating the contract is not an option, even when Telus's services service not only changes, but disappears.

Telus.

The Future is Sleazy.

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