Sprint early termination fee illegal?

Question

There are numerous pop ups, ads, blogs, and news reports saying that sprints early termination fee has been ruled illegal, I don't know if this is true, or only in certain states ( I live in Houston, Texas ). I called tech support, they either just hang up on me, or tell me they have no clue what I'm talking about and that I'd still have to pay the outrageous 200$ fee.

Someone help me? Is it really illegal? I want out of sprint so bad before december for sure!

Answer 1

Sorry, but it only applies to California residents at this time.  It was a California state court's decision to rule the termination fee illegal.  However the decision is tentative and Sprint is going to appeal the decision.  It will be up to Sprint to produce a damage analysis report and other supporting documentation of the money they considered would be lost.  It's kind of a moot point as Sprint should have had these documents prior, but they did no research.  Sprint is the only company who does not prorate their termination fee.  They try to get over on their customers and now it's biting them in the ***.

Answer 2

> Sprint is the only company who does not prorate their termination fee.

Supposedly, Sprint and T-Mobile were supposed to be prorating and/or reducing their termination fees earlier this year.  I don't have specific contract verbage, but you can probably search online for this info.  T-Mobile is actually a staggered reduction - not a prorate. But if you still have at least 6 months on the contract, there is no reduction.