Government Accuses Sprint of Overcharging For Wiretapping Expenses

realized writes with news that the Federal government thinks Sprint overcharged them $21 million when billing for wiretaps. From the article: "Sprint, like all the nation's carriers, must comply with the Communications Assistance in Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which requires telcos to be capable of providing government-ordered wiretapping services. The act also allows carriers to recoup 'reasonable expenses' associated with those services. Sprint inflated charges approximately 58 percent between 2007 and 2010, according to a lawsuit the administration brought against the carrier today. ... The suit said that the wireless carrier breached Federal Communications Commission guidelines of 2006 that prohibited carriers from using intercept charges to recover costs of modifying 'equipment, facilities or services' to comply with the Communications Assistance in Law Enforcement Act."

Overages

[Oysterville]

They should have kept better track of their usage. They could have upgraded to a plan with more included wiretaps, or even considered one of the "Shared Family Wiretap" plans.

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Re:Well, at least...

[Sponge Bath]

Government: [wags finger] Have you no shame? Have you no respect for the law?
Sprint: [rubs nipples] I'm sorry sir, perhaps you should switch to another provider to snoop on our customers. Ooohh! That's not possible is it? - we're the only game in town.

Re:Well, at least...

[Qzukk]

Obviously they should just cancel their account and sign up again as a new customer.

Re:Refund on overhearing my pizza order

[mjwx]

Tea is not an acronym.

As used, incorrect.

It stands for "Taxed Enough Already".

That's a backronym, not an acronym.

I could just as easily claim it stood for Tossers, Eejits and Arseholes... which would still be entirely accurate.