The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine Total Call Mobile $51.1 million after alleging the carrier fraudulently collected payments from a program that subsidizes wireless service for low-income consumers. [More]
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Science Says Your Cell Phone Makes Your Brain Cells More Active
By 2.23.11
It stands to reason that those little bundles of electromagnetic radiation we call cell phones affect the body somehow, and researchers have confirmed they mess with our brains. [More]
Verizon Keeps On Billing Guy Who Canceled Service
By 10.27.09
Gregory canceled Verizon, but Verizon didn’t cancel him. The company kept on billing him every month, and every month he’d call to get the charges wiped away, which the CSR promptly did.
SimonCells Ship This! Ship This! Ship This!
By 9.22.06
Reader Andrea can’t catch an break in her efforts to store electrons for her wireless telecommunications needs, and she’s looking for vengeance. Or at least a battery, and a refund for the expedited shipping she actually paid for.
Yo Quiero Your Stolen Cellphone
By 9.1.06
Although not as deliciously trashy as the infamous How Not To Steal A Sidekick story of June, we can glean a few interesting details about the criminals who stole the Practicalist’s cell phone and then inadvertently uploaded their snapshots to his Flickr account.
Brooklyn Cops ChitChat on Cellphones on the Job
By 2.20.06
Do your tax dollars pay for the cops’ cellphone minutes?
