AT&T defended decision to charge customers $1.50 fee when local a...
AT&T defended decision to charge customers $1.50 fee when local and long distance charges are combined on one bill starting in April. AT&T joins WorldCom and Sprint, which recently introduced same fee. At issue are cases where long distance…
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charges are added to bills sent out by local telephone companies. “No one has to pay the fee,” AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said. This month AT&T informed residential customers by letter and postcard that they could avoid charge by accepting two bills or online billing -- latter option is sweetened by $1 off monthly bill plus $25 certificate to online retailer Amazon.com. With separate bill, AT&T plans to market other services. “We want to communicate directly with our customers,” Siegel said.