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Wireless Phone Carriers Held To (Texas) State Law

Posted by timothy on from the treat-'em-like-cattle-rustlers dept.

profet writes "The Dallas Court of Appeals found that wireless carriers must abide by state consumer protection and contract laws or face liability in state courts. A story on PR Newswire talks about AT&T's practice of 'misrepresenting' (read lying), and overbooking its network."

3 of 27 comments (clear)

  1. Said the AT&T spokesperson: by Dimwit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "You know, we're already providing a useful service to the citizens of Texas - it's not like we should have to obey the laws too!'

    Seriously, though - weren't there some estimates that by 2010 major corporations would be in a position to blackmail the government to the point of having martial rights and extratorritarial soverignty?

    --
    ...but it's being eaten...by some...Linux or something...
  2. Overbooking? by jsse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I could understand the problem with 'misrepresenting', but all mobile carriers, as well as ISP, always overbooking user subscriptions to maximize the usage. How could they draw a line there?

  3. I'm an AT&T customer... by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And I've very rarely found the system to be unavailable. Someone else mentioned a "2%" maximum unavailability rate; I'd have to say fewer than 1% of my calls weren't able to go through. 'Course, this is only in my little corner of the state; YMMV.

    This is for AT&T's wireless service. Long distance, now that's another story... I had to drop them for another company after they bumped me to a higher rate...