Mid-sized carriers were finalizing letters Monday to Senate Commerce Committee...
Mid-sized carriers were finalizing letters Monday to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., responding to Rockefeller’s investigation into bill “cramming” (CD April 1 p7). Cramming is adding unauthorized and often recurring charges to a person’s phone bill. Letters were…
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due Monday but not made public. “We are sending the letter directly to the chairman and ranking member … and are not releasing it to the public,” said a CenturyLink spokesman. Windstream and FairPoint officials said they also planned to send their responses Monday. A Frontier spokeswoman said the company is “working on a comprehensive response for Senator Rockefeller and we expect to submit it very soon.” Cincinnati Bell, another carrier pinged by Rockefeller, didn’t respond to requests for comment.