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FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees

Posted by Soulskill on from the eight-dollars-for-occupying-a-transmission-medium dept.

GovTechGuy writes "FCC chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday that his agency is going to make it harder for mobile carriers to hit customers with mystery fees on their monthly bills. The practice, known as 'cramming,' typically involves charging customers between $1.99 and $19.99 per month for services they either didn't use or didn't request. The FCC announced fines totaling nearly $12 million against four carriers for cramming last week."

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  1. Re:Well done. by ep32g79 · · Score: 5, Informative
    The four companies that were smacked with this fine are:

    Main Street Telephone for $4,200,000
    VoiceNet Telephone, LLC for $3,000,000
    Cheap2Dial Telephone, LLC for $3,000,000
    Norristown Telephone, LLC for $1,500,000

    Looks like either the majors are not engaging in this practice or too large of Goliaths for the FTC to consider throwing stones at.