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Get Phone Cos. A Fed Warning
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Last week, Federal regulators warned so-called “dial-around” long-distance phone companies to clean up their ad practices or face penalties.
The reprimand came last Thursday at a joint public forum held by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. Regulators expressed alarm at the sharp increase in complaints about these services, known as “10-10” numbers. The FCC received 3,000 complaints in the first six months of 1999, over 250 from July to December 1998.
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