The FCC is starting an effort to prevent telcos from charging their customers for unauthorised or hidden fees. The new rules are meant to address consumer complaints about cramming, or misleading charges for things like long distance service.
Carries can’t continue capping data when text messages are slowing off. They just can’t. Even though it’s not even launched yet, iMessage is one of the services being blamed by the CTIA.
More from AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, who’s probably getting the most intense grilling of anybody interviewed at D9. Asked when AT&T’s network will match Verizon’s, De la Vega replies they’ll be indistinguishable in two to three years.
Watch out, trees! Those 4G lightning bolts are about to start striking again, as Verizon’s 4G network is back up after some downtime yesterday. Welcome back, buddy! Porn on the train! Hulu on my roof! Torrents on a boat! [Verizon]
It’s been several hours according to Verizon Wireless customers (some of whom work for your favourite tech site), but Verizon’s LTE service shows no sign of going back up. All over the US there have been confirmed outages, with some also reporting their 3G network is down also.
