| Title | Verizon Punished for Failing to Investigate Phone Problems in Rural Areas | |
| Date | Tuesday January 27 2015, @03:06PM | |
| Author | janrinok | |
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| from the hello-hello-is-there-anybody-there? dept. | ||
Verizon agreed to a $5 million settlement after admitting that it failed to investigate whether its rural customers were able to receive long distance and wireless phone calls. The settlement is part of the Federal Communications Commission's attempt to fix the rural call completion problem, which extends beyond just Verizon's network.
"Rural call completion problems have significant and immediate public interest ramifications," the FCC said in its order on the Verizon settlement today. "They cause rural businesses to lose customers, impede medical professionals from reaching patients in rural areas, cut families off from their relatives, and create the potential for dangerous delays in public safety communications."
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