at&t in Hot Water over e-rate Program
By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Tech
via engadget – The new at&t, not to be confused with the non-existent capitalized AT&T, has just been hit by the FCC for $8.2 Million worth of fraudulent charges in violation of the e-rate program. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the e-rate program, its the program that the FCC instituted a few years ago that primarily pays for a large portion of telecommunications services to schools and libraries. This program is the random “Universal Service” charge that you see on your telephone bill that you’ve always wondered about.
at&t apparently violated the conditions of the e-rate program which requires a fair and competitive bidding process and provides a list of eligible services. I can say that I haven’t always had the best of luck with at&t and so I’m really not surprised at their dishonest business tactics.
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