Verizon Settles With The FCC

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An FCC investigation found that Verizon Wireless was unfairly charging customers, who didn’t have data plans, for accidently accessing the web on their phones. Verizon has agreed to pay $25 million to the federal government and $52 million to the 15 million customers who received the charges. This is the largest settlement a company has ever agreed to pay to end an FCC investigation. Read the full story on wired.com

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