The Exploding Problem of Telephone Slamming in America: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, February 18 1998 (Portland, Maine), Unauthorized Long Distance Switching "slamming," and April 23, 1998 |
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... National Fraud Information Center , National Consumers League Daniel Breton , Director , Governmental Affairs , Bell Atlantic Hon . Susan Ness , Commissioner , Federal Communications Commission 679 18 22 36 8288 THURSDAY APRIL 23 , 1998 ...
... National Fraud Information Center , National Consumers League Daniel Breton , Director , Governmental Affairs , Bell Atlantic Hon . Susan Ness , Commissioner , Federal Communications Commission 679 18 22 36 8288 THURSDAY APRIL 23 , 1998 ...
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... National Fraud Infor- mation Center of the National Consumers League and the Director of Governmental Affairs at Bell Atlantic . The witnesses will pro- vide information about the prevalence of slamming , describe their roles in ...
... National Fraud Infor- mation Center of the National Consumers League and the Director of Governmental Affairs at Bell Atlantic . The witnesses will pro- vide information about the prevalence of slamming , describe their roles in ...
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... consumers have been slammed in the last 2 years . Some say that estimate is far too conservative , and one of our witnesses , Susan Grant , Vice President of the National Consumers League , will tell about a survey that was taken that ...
... consumers have been slammed in the last 2 years . Some say that estimate is far too conservative , and one of our witnesses , Susan Grant , Vice President of the National Consumers League , will tell about a survey that was taken that ...
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... National Consumers League National Fraud Information Center , and Dan Breton , the Director of Governmental Affairs for Bell Atlantic in Portland . These witnesses will testify about the growing problem of slamming , their roles in ...
... National Consumers League National Fraud Information Center , and Dan Breton , the Director of Governmental Affairs for Bell Atlantic in Portland . These witnesses will testify about the growing problem of slamming , their roles in ...
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... NATIONAL FRAUD INFORMA- TION CENTER Ms. GRANT . It seems like we are doing a scam a week , Madam Chairman . Madam Chairman , Senator Durbin , the National Consumers League , the oldest consumer organization in the United States , is ...
... NATIONAL FRAUD INFORMA- TION CENTER Ms. GRANT . It seems like we are doing a scam a week , Madam Chairman . Madam Chairman , Senator Durbin , the National Consumers League , the oldest consumer organization in the United States , is ...
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Page 284 - local access and transport area' or 'LATA' means a contiguous geographic area — "(A) established before the date of enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by a Bell operating company such that no exchange area includes points within more than 1 metropolitan statistical area, consolidated metropolitan statistical area, or State, except as expressly permitted under the AT&T Consent Decree: or "(B) established or modified by a Bell operating company after such date of enactment and approved...
Page 206 - It shall be the duty of every common carrier, its agents and employees, to observe and comply with such orders so long as the same shall remain in effect.
Page 53 - Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:04 am, in room SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Susan M. Collins, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Collins, Voinovich, Coburn, Chafee, Warner, Levin, Akaka, Carper, Dayton, Lautenberg, and Pryor.
Page 129 - Mr. Chairman, this completes my prepared statement. I would be happy to respond to any questions you or other Members of the Subcommittee may have at this time.
Page 218 - In the order. The Commission in its discretion may accept a late appearance. However, an appearance tendered after the specified time has expired will not be accepted unless accompanied by a petition stating with particularity the facts and reasons relied on to justify such late filing. Such petition for...
Page 206 - That any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal organization complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act in contravention of the provisions thereof...
Page 111 - Sec. 64.1 ISO — Letter of agency form and content. (a) An interexchange carrier shall obtain any necessary written authorization from a subscriber for a primary interexchange carrier change by using a letter of agency as specified in this section. Any letter of agency that does not conform with this section is invalid. (b) The letter of agency shall be a separate document (an easily separable document containing only the authorizing language described in paragraph (e) of this section) whose sole...
Page 36 - Subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God? Mr.
Page 112 - ... (f) Any carrier designated in a letter of agency as a preferred carrier must be the carrier directly setting the rates for the subscriber. (g) Letters of agency shall not suggest or require that a subscriber take some action in order to retain the subscriber's current telecommunications carrier. (h) If any portion of a letter of agency is translated into another language then all portions of the letter of agency must be translated into that language. Every letter of agency must be translated...
Page 3 - OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DURBIN Senator DURBIN. Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, Senator Collins, I'm glad to be here in Maine.