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NEWS: Lawmakers mull cell phone bill

John Navas

2007-10-18, 10:33 pm

<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds...13-20307242.htm>

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Wednesday that cell phone companies need to
give their customers a break on early termination fees by prorating
the penalties so the cost declines with time.

That requirement is one of several provisions in the bill she called
her 'cell phone bill of rights' during a Senate Commerce Committee
hearing Klobuchar chaired. An industry executive opposed the bill,
calling it unnecessary.

Klobuchar said that 'among other things, this legislation will place
limits on so-called 'early termination fees' which have been a real
sore spot for consumers and a source of abuse by cell phone
companies.' She said that some companies have agreed to prorate such
fees, but others have not followed suit.

'Our legislation will require that all wireless providers prorate
these fees so that, at a minimum, a consumer who exits a two-year
contract after the end of the first year will have to pay only half
of the early termination fee,' she said.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, also a Democrat, said
Congress needs to step in. She sued Sprint (NYSE:FON) Nextel Corp.
last month, accusing it of extending customer contracts without the
informed consent of those customers.

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luke492

2007-10-19, 10:33 pm

I found one service ('Welcome to Validas' (http://www.myvalidas.com))
that beat congress to the punch. They are attemping to make the bill
more coherent and they recomend savings and credits owed to customers. I
uploaded a couple of my bills since they launced their service and it
works pretty well. I have a line with verizon and a line with AT&T and
while I only saved $10 a month with verizon I saved almost $50 with
AT&T!

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Elmo P. Shagnasty

2007-10-19, 10:33 pm

In article <luke492.2ypzg1@no-mx.wirelessforums.org>,
luke492 <luke492.2ypzg1@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:

> I found one service ('Welcome to Validas' (http://www.myvalidas.com))
> that beat congress to the punch. They are attemping to make the bill
> more coherent and they recomend savings and credits owed to customers. I
> uploaded a couple of my bills since they launced their service and it
> works pretty well. I have a line with verizon and a line with AT&T and
> while I only saved $10 a month with verizon I saved almost $50 with
> AT&T!

Here's what their web site says:

Why Validas?
Validate: Our secure technology reads your bill and makes sure your
charges line up with the plan you've signed up for.

So, you're too stupid to do this yourself? You don't know what you've
signed up for, and you never look at your phone bill?

You deserve what you get.

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