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The fine, which AT&T says it will fight, is the largest ever levied by the agency. Does anyone know how likely this fine is to stick? It sounds like a signific
by japhyr 11y ago
The fine, which AT&T says it will fight, is the largest ever levied by the agency.
Does anyone know how likely this fine is to stick? It sounds like a significant fine to me, but I wonder if these kind of fines are often appealed down.
- leesalminen 11y agoIt may seem significant to us mortals, however the fine is less than 1% of their revenue in 2014.
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- ProAm 11y agoNo one wants to lose 100M, no one.
- pyrocat 11y agoNo one wants to lose $1000, no one.
- KJasper 11y agoIf you can make 200M and have a risk of paying 100M in the worst case you still make 100M more than you would without doing it. So it's basically calculated risk for these companies.
- redblacktree 11y agoSure, but you would still prefer to never pay the 100M.
- KJasper 11y agoofcourse and they won't. Companies never pay the initial fine...
- unprepare 11y agoNot more than you would prefer to make the 200MM and risk losing 100MM of it. again calculated risk, if theres even a chance that they walk away with all 200mm, and no chance that they end up with 0 or less, then it's worth pursuing.
- redblacktree 11y agoI'm trying to say that they would have preferred to not get caught.
- pyrocat 11y agoAnd therein lies the problem with most methods of government regulation. The worst that happens is usually a fine. Certain violations need to start carrying mandatory jail sentences.
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- jgoewert 11y agoDon't worry, there will be an "additional charge" tagged onto your bill for the rest of your life so that they can recoup this. I wish I had my bills from when they added a surchage because they were pocketing the sales taxes in OH or Iowa or something like that and thus had to add a surcharge for 4 years on bills to pay for it. All I remember is that I was irked to pay a surcharge to pay for sales taxes in another state because some greedbag got caught and pushed the punishment onto the customers. It was like the B&O surcharge they taped on.
- tsotha 11y agoThat's something both mobile and landline phone providers do. They add a separate line on the bill and word it so you think its a tax when it's just a charge they made up from whole cloth. Hotels do the same thing.