http://www.phonebilldisputes.net Cell Phone & Telephone Overcharges Class Action Information Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:59:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone might be happy to hear that all the large cell phone companies are lower the prices of their unlimited voice plans to about $60 a month but that is not what you need to worry about. Although your voice plan might be going down, cell phone providers are ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2010/02/watch-your-cell-phone-bill-go-up/ AT&T announced that it will invest $19 billion to build out its mobile network in 2010 to keep up with growing demand for its Iphone and other 3g devices and phones. Specifically, AT&T will add 2,000 new cell sites and upgrade existing cell sites with three times more fiber ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2010/02/att-mobile-investment/ Text messaging is allowing cell phone carriers to mark up their bills by 6,500%. Consumer are gradually learning that sending these small and short messages are causing their cell phone bill to dramatically increased. Here is why? On a typical pay per text plan, it usually cost you ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2010/02/text-messages-fee/ AT&T announced that it has release an new application called "Mark The Spot" which will let iPhone user submit complaints about dropped calls, poor service coverage, and less-than-perfect voice quality. The application is free and available in iTunes.  The "Mark the Spot" application can be downloaded onto all iPhones running version ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/12/att-iphone-complaint-app/ Verizon Wireless was the big winner of the annual wireless consumer survey.  The big loser was AT&T.  AT&T got hammered in just about every category, from voice services to the frequency of dropped calls.  That is not a good thing for exclusive iPhone carrier. The survey covered 26 cities.  The results ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/12/wireless-carrier-survey/ Telephone companies are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FCC).  So if you have a telephone bill or a cell phone bill that you can't get resolved with your carrier, consider filing a complaint with the FCC. It may not seem like a big deal but filing a complaint with the ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/11/federal-trade-commission/ Collect calls from a pay phone could cost you a fortune.  In today's time, it hard to imagine anyone without a cell phone.  However, there could be a time when your cell phone battery runs out and you need to make an emergency collect call. One day, a Northridge lady was ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/11/collect-calls/ The Federal Communications Commission said that AT&T will pay $500,000 to settle charges that it erroneously billed customers and non-customers a $3.95 monthly recurring fee in 2004. After agreeing to pay the fine, AT&T announced that it was taking steps to address the billing problems. It is clear now more than ever ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/11/att-fcc-fine/ A California company filed a lawsuit charging that it and other telephone customer were unlawfully billed by AT&T through long-distance charges added to their local phone bills. People who are not AT&T customer are discovering that they are being repeatedly assessed AT&T long-distance charges through their local phone by BellSouth, the ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/11/class-action-charges-att/ Cell phone customer are frequently shocked when their first bill arrives and it is hundreds of dollars more than expected.  It is usually the parents who are have their kids on their plans that are the most surprised. The standard cell phone plan has a few hundred "anytime minutes" and free ... http://www.phonebilldisputes.net/2009/11/text-messaging-charges-surprise/