CLEAR Drops Early Termination Fees
CLEAR has announced they have dropped the dreaded early termination fees (ETF) on some contracts, effective June 1, 2010. If you subscribe to CLEAR under a new 2 year contract, and lease the equipment from them, there will not be an ETF applied to the account. Rather, you will be charged a $40 per device “Restocking Fee” if you cancel before your contract expires. Of course those who chose to buy equipment and go without a contract don’t have to worry about ETF at all.
Folks who buy Wimax Embedded Devices (i.e. laptops with built in wimax) will still face an ETF fee, as will anyone who buys the CLEAR equipment outright and still enters into a 2 year contract with CLEAR for service.
They have also modified the criteria for opting out of a contract, such as moving out of a coverage area, or being deployed in the military, so if you find yourself in such a pickle, please contact CLEAR’s Customer Care department direct to discuss your case with them.
