Qwest Drops Plans To Charge For Unlisted Number
POSTED: 11:04 a.m. MDT October 26, 2001
UPDATED: 12:16 p.m. MDT October 26, 2001
DENVER -- Qwest Communications International has withdrawn
plans to charge Colorado customers a fee to keep their addresses
private.
The Denver-based phone company planned to charge customers an
$8 one-time fee and a dollar a month to omit their addresses from directory assistance and telephone directories.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission expressed concern about
the plan and scheduled a public hearing on it.
The commission has received about 800 letters and telephone
calls from consumers protesting the plan.
Qwest spokeswoman Catherine Murphy says the company withdrew the
proposal to evaluate concerns raised by the commission and
consumers.
Previous Stories:
- October 18, 2001: Qwest's Plans To Charge For Non-Listing Blocked
- October 3, 2001: Qwest Wants To Charge To Withhold Addresses
- September 6, 2001: Qwest Refuses Code Red Refunds
- August 9, 2001: Qwest Billing Errors Greater Than First Thought
- August 9, 2001: Qwest Message Cites Media For Call Delays
- August 8, 2001: Qwest, Microsoft Partnership Upsets Some
- August 7, 2001: Qwest CEO Webcast Goes Pfzzt!
- August 7, 2001: Some Unhappy With Qwest DSL Service
- July 26, 2001: More Qwest Billing Errors Pop Up
- July 25, 2001: Qwest Posts Largest Quarterly Loss In Colorado History
- July 19, 2001: Call 7: Qwest Complaints
- June 1, 2001: Is Qwest Selling Your Number To Telemarketers?
- May 14, 2001: Qwest Raising Pay Phone Rates Again
- May 2, 2001: Qwest Ordered To Refund $11.2 Million
- March 1, 2001: Qwest Raising Rates On 411 Information Calls
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