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".

Carrier	Voice	Data	SMS/Text	Int'l Roaming
AT&T	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
Cellcom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cellular One of NE Arizona	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clearwire	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A
Plateau	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
SouthernLINC Wireless	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Sprint	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
T-Mobile USA	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
US Cellular	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Verizon Wireless	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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.