Ting Offers To Pay Up To $150 Of Your Early Termination Fee For Switching To The Budget Carrier

Are you tired of reading about some of the more nefarious developments at the Big Four US wireless carriers? Are you stuck in a two-year contract that you signed to get a steep discount on your phone? Are you ready to make a change to a carrier that at least pretends that it needs your business? Then Ting would like a word. The Sprint MVNO is doubling down on its offer to help pay off your early termination fee, up to $150.

Before today, Ting offered only a $75 credit for switching customers. The new offer also applies for families where each member has an applicable ETF, though there's no discount on the service itself for multiple phones .While $150 won't get rid of ETFs for most people (Verizon's maximum ETF is a whopping $350, for example), and larger companies like Sprint are offering even more incentive for people to switch, this is not an insignificant offer for a smaller company. Ting is ideal for users who only need a tiny amount of voice minutes and data, because the MVNO's services can be bought in small chunks for as low as $3 (see above). With the boom in VOIP and Wi-Fi calling from services like Hangouts, careful users could save a lot of money.

Switchers should be aware that Ting is a Sprint MVNO, so only Sprint-compatible devices (that have been unlocked after completing or paying off a contract) can be brought to the service. Ting does sell at least some of its own phones, from older and budget-oriented devices up to flagships including the Nexus 5, Galaxy S5, and HTC One M8, sold without contracts. Nexus 6 phones sold via the Play Store and Motorola.com should work with a Ting SIM card.

Source: Ting blog

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