Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Comcast to Pay $2.3 Million FCC Fine Over Billing Practices

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Comcast to Pay $2.3 Million FCC Fine Over Billing Practices

The FCC said that the fine was the largest civil penalty it had assessed to a cable operator.
“It is basic that a cable bill should include charges only for services and equipment ordered by the customer — nothing more and nothing less,”  Travis LeBlanc, chief of the FCC’s enforcement bureau, said in a statement. “We expect all cable and phone companies to take responsibility for the accuracy of their bills and to ensure their customers have authorized any charges.”

http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/comcast-fcc-fine-1201885295/ 

 

Comcast hit with FCC's biggest cable fine ever



Comcast is being forced to pay the largest fine the FCC has ever levied against a cable operator. Its offense: Charging customers for services and equipment they didn't ask for.

The company agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty and to submit to a "compliance plan," in which regulators will monitor Comcast for the next five years to ensure it cleans up its act.
"It is basic that a cable bill should include charges only for services and equipment ordered by the customer -- nothing more and nothing less," Travis LeBlanc, chief of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau, said in a statement.

 http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/11/news/companies/comcast-fine-fcc/



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 http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/29/technology/fcc-set-top-box-vote/index.html?iid=EL

 

 

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