Cell Companies Battle FCC 'Bill Shock' Survey

Lippmann Would Roll, July 15, 2010
By Matthew L. Schafer

Recently, the CTIA took its fight to a public stage, writing a blog in rebuttal to a recent FCC cell phone price gauging survey. The survey found that one in six people experience a "sudden increase" in their monthly cell phone bill. In response to the CTIA blog, the FCC fired back in a flurry of new media blitzkrieg with multiple posts to their own blog.

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