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AT&T Mobility Universal Service Charge Class Action Settlement
By Sarah Pierce
AT&T Mobility LLC has reached a class action lawsuit settlement over allegations it improperly charged fees to certain wireless customers. If you were assessed a Universal Service Charge (explained below) by AT&T Mobility between 2004 and 2010, you may be entitled to a credit or cash refund from the class action settlement.
The AT&T Mobility Universal Service Charge settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit, titled MBA Surety Agency Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, that alleges AT&T violated state and federal law by assessing Universal Service Charges (USC) or similar charges on data pay-per-use plans, visual voicemail services, customer custom packaging plans, international calls outside the United States or voicemail services on bills issued from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2010.
AT&T denies the allegations but has agreed to a $152,634,430 class action lawsuit settlement to resolve the litigation.
Class Members of the AT&T Mobility Universal Service Charge class action settlement include anyone who was assessed USC by AT&T Mobility on the Covered Services listed above on bills issued from January 1, 2004 up to and including December 31, 2010.
Current customers of AT&T Mobility will automatically receive a credit from the class action lawsuit settlement if it is approved. No Claim Form required.
Former AT&T Mobility customers must complete a valid Claim Form either online or submitted via regular mail on or before March 30, 2013 to receive a cash refund. The amount of money you can receive from the AT&T fee class action settlement will be based on how many people file valid and timely claims.
A Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled for February 20, 2013.
Claim Forms and more information on your rights in the AT&T Mobility Universal Service Charge Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at www.attmuscsettlement.com.
Updated January 9th, 2013
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7 thoughts onAT&T Mobility Universal Service Charge Class Action Settlement
I have had numerous problems with ATT since I was forced to take Uverse after I moved two years ago. First, I was told that my Mobile phone would be included in my bundle, but after only a few months, the mobile service was separated and now I am paying two bills. I recently had problems with data overage charges on my mobile phone that were not incurred by me, but from somewhere in what they called my group. It happened for a period of two weeks with data overages being registered almost every day. I was credited for these overages, but no one at ATT seems to know what happened. If my wireless function is on, I cannot access very much, sometimes not even emails, so I have to switch to 4G. A few months ago, I accessed emails in my mobile phone, like my ATT Newsletter, and it came up in a Chinese lettered heading on the phone, but in English on my computer. Also a while back, I called ATT to look into my television service, which I could not turn on, got someone in India who told me they could do a diagnostic test if I would give them my credit card number. I would not and reported the incident to ATT, and was told that they do not need my credit card number. Never heard if ATT did anything about it. There are some good helpful representatives, but there are many, many more who do not seem to know what to do and transfer me several times through which I have to explain the problem over again, and after spending considerable time going through their automated system. I keep getting endless pleas for automatic payments, but I refuse to do that since the only person who makes withdrawals from my accounts is me! I am seriously considering going to T-Mobile for my mobile phone. I cannot leave ATT for my Internet, my television and my landline, since Uverse holds the monopoly there and I need to keep the Internet, my emails and my landline number for professional reasons. Perhaps a separate Class Action lawsuit could be started for customers who have or are having similar problems.
I been with att for years
I just bought a new house, U-verse did not work. 2 month later I paid nearly $800.00 in cancellation fees.
I HAVE BEEN A CUSTOMER SINCE 1999, HAVE QUESTIONED THE CHARGE. NEVER A GOOD ANSWER.
I had U verse and it never worked I was with out phone tv and inernet for almost 2 month the was told that it would not work in my area. the why was I sold it??
I’ve had ATT since 2001 and have noticed that fee on my bill and often asked what it was for but never been given more information then it was a standard fee…
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