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- Customers are finally starting to see payouts from last year’s $100 million Verizon settlement over its deceptive fee practices.
- Funny enough, the lawsuit never stopped Verizon from this practice and it’s since increased its admin fees further.
- Meanwhile, early payments are mostly in the $5 to $15 range, lower than most expected to see as the settlement claimed the smallest payouts would be $15 each.
Almost literally a year ago, we reported Verizon would continue to charge its $3.30 Administrative and Telco Recovery Charge even after settling a class-action lawsuit for $100 million. In fact, it has increased the fee since then. But what about the money it owes to folks from the settlement? The good news is those payments are going out now, it seems. The bad news? Expect next to nothing.
Class-action lawsuits rarely result in a major payout for anyone involved (other than the lawyers), but this particular Verizon settlement claimed some users would see up to $100 each, with a minimum of $15 per account plus $1 for each month they were charged fees. Unfortunately, the reality seems to be even more meager.