[QUOTE]WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T wireless customers may want to take a closer look at their old phone bills because they may have money coming back to them.
The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that AT&T Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of the telecom giant, has agreed to a hefty $105 million settlement after the government accused the company of unlawfully billing customers for hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus charges — a practice known as cramming. The multi-agency settlement includes $80 million that will be paid to the FTC for consumer refunds.
According to the complaint, the charges appeared on AT&T phone bills but were from third-party companies for services people never asked to receive or were duped into subscribing to — things like horoscope texts, celebrity gossip or flirting tips. The fees were usually around $9.99 a month and were not easy for customers to find on their bills.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://bigstory.ap.org/article/96be91a6aed14393b9bb1501a6b95903/ftc-att-pay-105m-bogus-wireless-charges[/url]
US government actually doing something to big corps?
Lately I have seen a lot of ringtone subscriptions and beats audio subscriptions on people accounts. Beats really sneaks it way on there
Great, I just [i]had[/i] to sign my soul to Verizon instead.
Shit like this is why I'm really worried about our local phone co-op being bought out by AT&T.
Oh well, at least they're not getting their grubby mitts on the co-op's internet services.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;46186575]Shit like this is why I'm really worried about our local phone co-op being bought out by AT&T.
Oh well, at least they're not getting their grubby mitts on the co-op's internet services.[/QUOTE]
Holyshit, co-op internet services? I didn't know those existed.
[QUOTE=Intoxicated Spy;46187197]Holyshit, co-op internet services? I didn't know those existed.[/QUOTE]
They started as a co-op (Eastern New Mexico Rural/Plateau Telecommunications) and became what they are today, offering cellular service (well, not anymore), internet, HD TV, the works. Thing is they never really could keep their cell-phone service working as well as you'd like, which is probably why they sold it off. Their internet's not bad though, they're providing the first Giga-bit fiber internet in New Mexico, something I figured Albuquerque, Santa Fe, or Las Cruces would've gotten before us.
But the best part of it is they actually [I]listen to their consumers[/I] and they don't violate your prostate with "cramming" and bogus billing practices/contracts.
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