As Verizon faces scrutiny in Washington over recently announcing it’s doubling early-termination fees on smartphone users, the company moves forward with doubling ETFs on its FiOS service customers this Sunday.
That’s when it’ll cost new plan subscribers $360 to opt out before their two-year commitment is up, instead of $179. The company claims the higher fee is needed to offset high installation and infrastructure costs.
So an interesting dilemma is raised: If you’ve waited until now to sign up for FiOS, you shouldn’t take any more time to consider your options, because if you do, it could cost you more to change your mind later. But if you jump in now without further consideration and then decide to bail out, it will set you back less. Hmmm.
