As you undoubtedly know, slamming is a spreading epidemic. Industry estimates that two million consumers are victims of slamming each year, with the bulk of these slams either undetected or unreported. Moreover, current regulations are woefully lacking. As things now stand, consumers can obtain relief only through a bureaucratic FCC complaint process, yielding too little, too late. To date, the FCC has settled disputes with just a handful of slammers.
Consumer choice is critical to building a competitive telecommunications market.
Without immediate protections from slamming, consumer choice is trashed and legitimate business interests are compromised. Help protect the pro-competitive telecommunications policies that Congress intended by cosponsoring H.R. 3050 today. If you have any questions or would like to cosponsor the bill, please call Bill Anaya of my office at ext. 5-4071, or Andy Levin of the Commerce Committee Democratic Staff at ext.