Assisted Support Charge News Today

Will prepaid customers get charged too? There is no escaping T-Mobile's new activation fee. The popular phone carrier will soon implement a unified "device connection charge" (DCC) for almost every transaction a customer makes, even when done online.

T-Mobile has had an ASC (Assisted Support Charge) for some time now, but typically, customers could get around this fee simply by ordering and activating their new phone via online. The fee made...

T-Mobile plans to enforce a new $35 Device Connection Charge for almost all transactions that involve purchasing new devices and adding new lines.

Instead of transparently following AT&T and Verizons suit with higher monthly prices, T-Mobile is preparing to sneakily increase some of its support fees... again.