Wednesday, April 24, 2013

FCC: No More Data Bill Shocks

   
The deadline for US bill shock regulation [see "[US] Bill Shock Prevention: VZW, AT&T and T-Mobile will Alert on Exceeding Data Charges" - here] has passed, and the FCC was proud to announce that ".. approximately 97 percent of wireless customers across the nation are now protected from bill shock as participating U.S. wireless companies have met an April 17 deadline to provide free, automatic alerts to customers who approach or exceed their wireless plan limits. A recent FCC survey found that 30 million Americans – or one in six wireless users – have experienced bill shock".
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".. As of the April 17, 2013 deadline, participating members of CTIA are voluntarily providing free,
automatic usage-based alerts when they approach or exceed plan limits for data, voice, and text, or when international roaming charges may be applied .. the FCC updated its Bill Shock Web Portal to give consumers at-a-glance status of carriers’ reported compliance on bill shock alerts"
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CarrierVoiceDataSMS/TextInt'l Roaming
AT&TYesYesN/AYes
CellcomYesYesYesYes
Cellular One of NE ArizonaYesYesYesYes
ClearwireN/AYesN/AN/A
PlateauYesYesYesN/A
SouthernLINC WirelessYesYesYesN/A
SprintYesYesYesYes
T-Mobile USAYesYesN/AYes
US CellularYesYesYesYes
Verizon WirelessYesYesYesYes
N/A = Carrier does not offer the service or offers it only on an unlimited basis on all domestic plans offered as of or after October 17, 2011, making the sending of usage alerts unnecessary.
Last Updated: April 17, 2013 - Source: FCC

See "FCC MARKS MILESTONE IN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE ‘BILL SHOCK’" - here.

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