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Submitted: April 19, 2012 - 7:26pm
Originally published: April 19, 2012
Last updated: April 20, 2012 - 12:37am
Originally published: April 19, 2012
Last updated: April 20, 2012 - 12:37am
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States
The Federal Communications Commission today launched a new ‘bill shock’ website, an online tool to help consumers track implementation of recent commitments by wireless carriers to provide usage alerts before and after consumers exceed their plan limits.
Bill shock is a sudden and unexpected increase in monthly wireless bills that happens when consumers’ unknowingly exceeding plan limits for voice, data and text. Bill shock can also happen when consumers travel abroad and get hit with unexpected international roaming charges. A recent FCC survey found that 30 million Americans – or one in six wireless users – have experienced bill shock.
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