Termination discount from Verizon
I switched from Verizon to ATT last July. I had about 6 months remaining on my contract and had been a Verizon user for about 10 years. I had read in the NYTimes articles about the NY Attorney General and other states suing the major phone suppliers over excessive termination fees. When told my termination fee would be $175 I spoke of the pending law suits etc and the person said it could be lowered to $100. By lowering to $100 it made far more sense to cancel rather than continue at the lowest rate (and if you caculate the lowest rate remember all those taxes that are thrown in.) Good luck.