Report: Government Close to Fining Sprint for Cramming I've noted for years that while the government likes to take smaller companies quickly to task for cramming, they've long ignored the role larger telecom carriers play in the practice. That's been changing in recent months, with the FCC hitting AT&T with a $105 million fine for facilitating cramming back in October. The FTC noted that not only did AT&T turn a blind eye to the practice (since they make 30% or so of the profits), but they intentionally made bills harder to understand so fewer consumers would detect the scams. Now, as had been expected, the quote: According to the enforcement action, which hasn't been finalized, Sprint billed customers for third-party services it knew they hadn't asked for and didn't want. The planned fine is being reviewed by all five FCC commissioners, but they haven't voted to take action yet, the agency officials said. It's unclear whether Sprint and the FCC are still engaged in settlement talks. These cramming services for years have mysteriously shown up on user bills, offering useless crap (like "premium SMS services" or horoscopes) for a $10 per month fee. The FTC Now, as had been expected, the National Journal notes that the government is getting close to hitting Sprint for cramming as well, though it's unclear what the final fine will be:These cramming services for years have mysteriously shown up on user bills, offering useless crap (like "premium SMS services" or horoscopes) for a $10 per month fee. The FTC sued T-Mobile earlier this year for their role in cramming, and that case is currently ongoing.







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Brooklyn, NY tmc8080 Member solution: prepaid now you know why prepaid is so popular and you can now bring most handsets to prepaid.

it shouldn't be any more complicated than any other transaction and should not vary month to month more than 10 cents assuming a $40 to $100 bottom line price. LineNoise

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Downers Grove, IL (Software) pfSense

LineNoise Member USCC I hope USCC is on the list. All 4 lines we had got signed up for coupons, daily bible verses and something else that escapes my memory. They were total jerkoffs when we called to dispute the charges, too. This was about 3 years ago though. I fortunately didn't get them on my Sprint lines.

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@12.159.121.x bostonguy Anon Is this breach of contract ? Can this be used to cancel a cell phone contract without early termination fees? your comment..

