Long Distance Telephone News Stories
These news stories deal with long distance telephone service providers from across America, and are gleaned from long distance telephone providers around the nation. Some of these stories are from the FCC and state regulatory agencies as well.
World Communications Satellite Systems Charged by FCC (.DOC) (Jan 15, 2004):
World Communications Satellite Systems Charged by FCC (.PDF) (Jan 15, 2004):
The FCC proposed a $560,000.00 fine against World Communications Satellite Systems for Slamming 10 long distance customers in Texas. The company apparently attempted to change the long distance provider on these 10 consumers with a total of 13 change requests.
(Slamming is the act of switching a long distance customer without the verbal or written consent of the customer. It use to be a rampant practice in the long distance industry because a long distance company could make a killing switching customers to their service without the customer's knowledge. Customers would continue to pay their bills, and even if a company got caught, most consumers didn't know there was anything they could do about it and the FCC's regulations didn't have any teeth. The current FCC regulations have big teeth, with companies getting charged $40,000.00 per slamming offense.)
See Phone-Slamming.com
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