December 17, 2019
CenturyLink has inked a deal that will allow it to walk away from a pair of suits that accused it and more than a dozen other phone service providers of stiffing two South Carolina counties by undercharging business customers for 911 fees.
November 21, 2019
After reaching a deal with Comcast, a South Carolina county agreed Wednesday to drop the company from a suit accusing several telecom companies of stiffing the county by undercharging business customers for 911 fees used to fund emergency call centers.
July 01, 2019
A South Carolina federal judge Monday denied counterclaims against a South Carolina county by AT&T and other telecom companies that had argued that federal law caps the number of emergency call fees a business must pay per month.
May 15, 2019
AT&T and other telecom companies' counterclaims against a South Carolina county, arguing that federal law caps the number of emergency call fees a business must pay per month, must be determined at trial, a South Carolina federal judge has ruled.
March 14, 2019
Time Warner Cable got the green light Thursday to exit a suit brought by Charleston County, South Carolina, accusing more than a dozen phone service providers of stiffing the county by undercharging business customers for 911 fees.
January 17, 2019
A South Carolina federal judge has let four telecom companies out of a suit brought by Charleston County against AT&T and more than a dozen other phone service providers alleging that the companies undercharged business customers for 911 fees.
July 16, 2018
A South Carolina federal judge said Monday that AT&T Inc. and more than a dozen other phone service providers can't escape a suit brought by Charleston County accusing them of undercharging business customers the 911 fee that funds emergency dispatch call centers, finding the local government has a "reasonable expectation" they should be collecting the fees.