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A Return To Written Consent: A Proposal To The Fcc To Eliminate Slamming, Nicole C. Daniel
A Return To Written Consent: A Proposal To The Fcc To Eliminate Slamming, Nicole C. Daniel
Federal Communications Law Journal
The FCC is charged with the task of encouraging competition in the telecommunications industry, yet it must also assure that competition remains free and fair to consumers. Various long-distance providers are taking advantage of their deregulated freedom by engaging in "slamming." The author proposes a more effective form of consumer protection through the return of a short-lived FCC rule which required written customer authorization before the customer's long-distance service could be switched.