A couple of years back, AT&T offered select traffic a $25 prepaid MasterCard to switch their billing over to autodraft. Soon, Verizon cell telephone will be coming Sprint's follow in the footsteps of and charging you for every month that you aren't using that very system. Tactical differences aside, the leaked memo shown above details what has to be one of the most consumer-unfriendly policy changes since the carrier boosted its early termination fee for "advanced devices." efficient January 15th, any purchaser


copyrights:cite this source synonym collection v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico publishing group that opts to pay their car telephone bill online or over the phone will be charged an extra $2 each month, and the only way to sidestep it is to sign up for AutoPay or to pay by web banking check, where there's no credit card fee passed on to the carrier.



For those unaware, AutoPay automatically drafts the most recent amount from either a linked checking / savings account or a credit card on file, and while we can appercipient VZW's desire to better control when it's getting paid, charging swap to make it happen is just downright ludicrous. Here's a thought, Verizon: enforce stricter penalties on late payments, or just offer those that shift to AutoPay a small depreciation for going out of their way to make your life a little easier. Or, you know, for all those hours that your network has been down during the holidays.



Update: Verizon has officially hard-shell the change to its policies and the $2 surcharge you'll be hit with each month if you're not using autodraft or some other small subset of payment options. Head after the break for all the details unblended from the horse's mouth.

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