Comments on: FCC Seeks Rules to Avoid $24,000 Mobile Bills

By: People With Cell Phones, The FCC Has Your Back: Tech News «

People With Cell Phones, The FCC Has Your Back: Tech News « — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:02:34 +0000

[...] having experienced some kind of surprise on their wireless bill, the rules could help. Back in May the FCC released data outlining the problem as its first move toward creating some type of regulation. This NPRM that will be issued during a [...]

By: Stat Shot: Frightening Phone Bills

Stat Shot: Frightening Phone Bills — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:59:38 +0000

[...] want a divorce. It also released data to support its effort to get carriers to notify consumers before their mobile phone bills get too expensive, known as bill shock [...]

By: Rosie

Rosie — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:42:27 +0000

If I had received a $24,000 cell phone bill I would have died of shock! I am so pleased I put our family on Net10 prepaid as we are saving so much money compared to a contract! Our calls now cost us 10c per minute and our texts 5c each and that's ALL we pay. We will save about $800.00 this year on cell phone bills alone!

By: Ojas Rege

Ojas Rege — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:13:26 +0000

It seems we have two market forces crashing into each other: User appetite for mobile data grows as operators get more and more concerned about the network infrastructure economics to keep up. The "easy" solution is to charge, charge, charge, which constantly shocks the user and inhibits the expansion of mobile internet usage. The emerging FCC and EU regulations add a new twist. Visibility is the first step. It will be interesting to see the next.

By: Strodtbeck

Strodtbeck — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:25:37 +0000

Something definitely needs to be done about such bills. Heck, if I have some "odd" usage on a credit card I get a call, same with debit, checks, etc. . . but a company that will let a bill spiral out of control without any notification, no warnings. . . something is seriously wrong there.