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Verizon Defends Doubling of Early Termination Fee 319

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 19, 2009 @12:11PM from the we-decided-we-liked-money dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Verizon is defending its decision to double its Early Termination Fee from $175 to $350 after being called to account by the FCC. They claim it's because the higher fees allow them to offer more expensive phones with a lower up-front cost (PDF), and they also say that because they pro-rate the fee depending on how much of your contract is left, they still lose money. Apparently doing something about the Verizon customer service horror stories isn't as good a way to retain customers as telling them that they have to pay several hundred dollars to leave."

Comment Pirate Bay opponents never watched Star Wars (Score -1, Redundant) 560

by jfb3 on Monday November 02, 2009 @08:20PM (#29957272) Attached to: Pirate Bay Closure Sparked P2P Explosion

"If you kill me now I will be more powerful then you ever will be."

Comment Re:huh? (Score 1) 623

by jfb3 on Tuesday September 29, 2009 @02:56PM (#29584001) Attached to: Has the Glory Gone Out of Working In IT?

Sarcasm -->

You

Comment It's not poorly crafted... (Score 2, Insightful) 137

by jfb3 on Friday September 18, 2009 @12:39PM (#29467859) Attached to: The Credibility Issues of MS's CodePlex Foundation

It's crafted exactly like Microsoft wants it to look and behave.

US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal 490

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 13, 2009 @09:27AM from the talking-to-you-cliff dept.

theodp writes "Many US colleges and universities have notices posted on their websites informing US companies that they're tax chumps if they hire students who are US citizens. 'In fact, a company may save money by hiring international students because the majority of them are exempt from Social Security (FICA) and Medicare tax requirements,' advises the taxpayer-supported University of Pittsburgh (pdf) as it makes the case against hiring its own US students. You'll find identical pitches made by the University of Delaware, the University of Cincinnati, Kansas State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and other public colleges and universities. The same message is also echoed by private schools, such as John Hopkins University, Brown University, Rollins College and Loyola University Chicago."

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