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Consumer
Information
- "900" Numbers: FTC
Rule Helps Consumers [TEXT]
[PDF]
- Buying Time: The Facts About
Pre-Paid Phone Cards [TEXT]
[PDF]
- Prepaid Phone Cards (audio)
[TEXT]
[RAM]
[MP3]
- Prepaid Calling Cards (audio)
[TEXT]
[RAM]
[MP3]
- Cramming: Mystery Phone Charges
[TEXT]
[PDF]
- Cramming Phone Charges (audio)
[TEXT]
[RAM]
[MP3]
- Guide to the Federal Trade Commission
[TEXT]
[PDF]
- International Telephone Number
Scams [TEXT]
[PDF]
- Long Distance Deals
[TEXT]
[PDF]
- Making Sense of Long Distance
Advertising [TEXT]
- Phone, E-Mail, and Pager Messages May Signal
Costly Scams [TEXT]
[PDF]
- Radiation Shields: Do They 'Cell'
Consumers Short? [TEXT]
[PDF]
- Toll Free Telephone Number Scams
[TEXT]
[PDF]
- Unauthorized Charge$ On Your
Phone Bill? [TEXT]
- Unauthorized Charges Crammed onto Your Telephone
Bill? [TEXT]
[PDF]
- When Your Computer Calls Overseas
...Without Your Okay [TEXT]
[PDF]
Business
Information
- Complying with the 900-Number
Rule [TEXT]
[PDF]
Policy
Statements
- Joint FCC/FTC Policy Statement
For the Advertising of Dial-Around And Other Long-Distance
Services To Consumers [PDF]
- Rules and Acts
Pay-Per-Call Rule (current) [PDF]
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
[TEXT]
- Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act
of 1992 [TEXT]
- Rule Review
Pay-Per-Call Rule Review Proposed Changes [TEXT]
Staff
Opinions
- Cohn-Brecher (09/29/999)
[TEXT]
- Cohn-Ellyatt (09/29/99)
[TEXT]
Business
Resources
En
Español
- Escudos de Radiación: ¿Afectan las células de
los consumidores? [TEXT]
[PDF]
Radiation Shields: Do They 'Cell' Consumers Short?
Last Updated:
Friday, July 11, 2003
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