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FTC: Wireless Customers Should Be Able To Block All Third-Party Charges To Phone Bill

FTC: Wireless Customers Should Be Able To Block All Third-Party Charges To Phone Bill

While the FCC has recently enacted rule changes that make it more difficult for predatory third-party businesses to cram unwanted and unauthorized charges on consumers’ landline phone bills, it is still in the process of considering what to do about bill-cramming for wireless customers. For what it’s worth, the folks at the Federal Trade Commission have chimed in with their suggestion: Wireless providers should be required to give customers the option to block all third-party charges from their bills. [More]