Giving perhaps a small glimmer of hope to all those frustrated by the monthly number portability fees being imposed by the cellphone companies, Nextel has just settled a class action lawsuit brought against it by its customers. The complaint was that Nextel’s collecting of fees under the name of “Federal Programs Cost Recovery” was misleading because it implied that the fees had been mandated by the Federal government. The fees were perfectly legal for them to collect (and they’re actually still collecting them), but Nextel is giving their subscribers some free minutes for their trouble.
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