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No More Unexplained Fees by Wireless Service Providers – FCC Questions Google and Others on Early Termination Fees!

February 8th, 2010 at 01:02 am
Wireless service providers have been taking customers on a ride by imposing unexplained fees on them! But not anymore!  I’m glad that regulatory bodies have woken up to the unfair practices of service providers and have started questioning their justness. The Federal Communications Commission questions Google and wireless service providers on the early termination fees that they are imposing on clients of wireless  [...]

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