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FCC Proposes Fining AT&T Over DNC Violation

Posted by simoniker on from the delightful-implementation dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "The FCC has just announced a proposed $780,000 fine against AT&T for violating the recently enacted Do Not Call telemarketing rules. The FCC charges that AT&T marketers called 29 consumers on 78 different occasions after those consumers had signed up on the Do Not Call list. The FCC has posted a press release (pdf) to this effect on their web site."

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  1. Why punish AT&T by Carl_LaFong · · Score: 5, Funny

    It must all be a mistake.
    Surely the consumers had opted-in with a business partner.

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