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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. Its a start by nurb432 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now if they can stop bandwidth overage charges, ( or remove caps completely ) and force everyone to be compatible with each other like it was with wired phone, so you can keep your phone...

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  2. But government regulation is eeeevil! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Hello:

    As a foreigner i'd like to point that you fellow USians are pretty inconsistent.
    Isn't guuvernmeeent regulation evil?
    What about "let the market sort it out"
    etc, etc

    Please explain

    Best Regards

    AC because i don't post here often enough to justify an account...

  3. Re:Effective, I'm sure. by StormReaver · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let's see:

    1) Go into a grocery store and steal a $2 candy bar: 30 days shock time in jail.

    2) Steal 90 million dollars, and pay a 13% tax on the stolen money.

    I know which kind of criminal I want to become.