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Cell-phone complaints: a sorry picture for AT&T.(Upfront: news trends advice)(AT&T Wireless Services Inc.)(Brief Article)

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| August 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Complaint data obtained from the Federal Communications Commission by Consumers Union, publisher of CONSUMER REPORTS, show that AT&T Wireless had significantly more complaints than any other national wireless-phone carrier in 2003. The FCC accepts complaints but does little to resolve them. It also does not routinely publicize complaints by carrier. We had to file a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain them as part of our EscapeCellHell.Org campaign.

The FCC data help explain why AT&T earned mediocre scores in the Ratings we published in the February issue. The Ratings were based on a fall 2003 survey of subscribers to ConsumerReports.org. Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest carrier, stood out from the pack in our Ratings. Verizon is almost 75 percent larger than AT&T, ...

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