Sprint loses early termination lawsuit, ordered to pay $73M — but it’s not by yet

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Man, Sprint just can’t catch a break lately — the beleaguered wireless carrier was just told that it would have to pay some $73M in refunds to customers for improperly charging early-termination feeds. The ruling, from a California state court, will basically set off a flood of similar cases whether it stands — but Sprint still has two weeks to reply to the ruling before Judge Bonnie Sabraw, and you can bet Yellow Swoosh will appeal whether it loses in the end. Interestingly, Verizon was facing a similar lawsuit earlier that year and chose to quickly settle — a lesson Sprint, with far less revenue and shrinking profits might do well to learn from.

[Thanks, Roger A]

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Original post by Nilay Patel

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