The National Do Not Call Registry is managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and state law enforcement officials. If you have a complaint, contact the FTC at their web site.
Read MoreThe National Do Not Call Registry gives you an opportunity to limit the telemarketing calls you receive. To add your telephone number to the national registry, go to www.
Read MoreThe laws of mathematics have a lot to do with it. Each area code prefix includes 7,920,000 available phone numbers.
Read MoreVoice over Internet Protocol (or VoIP) is just what it sounds like – the ability to make and receive phone calls using a broadband Internet connection. At present, VoIP is exempted from virtually all of the public interest obligations and consumer protections that apply to other telecommunications services.
Read MoreRural residents and Native American communities have relied on the universal service system to keep basic rates affordable. Threats to universal service funding and programs could result in rural consumers paying significantly higher local phone rates.
Read MoreOne of guiding principles of telecommunications policy has been achieving the goal of "universal service," — providing access to affordable telephone service to everyone in the country, whether low income, disabled, or living in rural areas, where a small number of customers scattered over great distances would lead to higher charges based on higher network costs. Programs to achieve this goal are part of the federal Universal Service Fund, supported by surcharges on interstate and international phone service.
Read MoreMaybe. If you ask people younger than 30, they may say yes.
Read MoreIt's like getting nickled and dimed to death sometimes. Consumers are more and more frustrated by the ever-growing number of add-on fees and surcharges that show up on their phone bills.
Read MoreTheoretically, yes. In reality, not so much.
Read MoreCell phones are capable of doing more than they do now to help citizens in emergencies. One important step in the right direction would be if cell phones could help paramedics or other responders know where you are – even if you are unconscious after an accident.
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