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FCC Fines Company $1Million for Illegally Switching Consumers' Long Distance Carriers
April 25, 2017
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau issued the following news release:

The Federal Communications Commission today announced a $1 million fine against a Florida-based long distance carrier, Advantage Telecommunications, for "slamming" and "cramming."The company's telemarketers violated Commission rules by impersonating representatives of customers' existing long-distance providers and switching the customers' long- . . .

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