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Minimum Rate Pricing, Inc. (MRP) was a long distance telecommunications carrier, based out of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, started by Thomas Salzano. Minimum Rate Pricing became the number 7 long distance carrier in the United States within four years from its start-up, with over 1.9 million long distance customers in 1998. Minimum Rate Pricing was accused of slamming customers (changing rate [plans without notice). Under a consent decree agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Minimum Rate Pricing agreed to voluntarily pay $1.2 million to the FCC in a settlement without any admission of liability. Minimum Rate Pricing subsequently eliminated its switch-back provisions, but the FCC continued its investigation into other slamming-related issues concerning Minimum Rate Pricing's business and marketing practices. The company went bankrupt in 1999, oweing WorldCom and Access Capital $67 million. Thomas Salzano later started Norvergence with his brother, Peter Salzano which also went bankrupt, amid widespread charges of fraud.〔Dirk Smillie, ''Forbes'', 3 September 2004, "[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5907255 The Matrix unraveled: How two wrecked telecom companies have put lessors and small businesses on the hook for $300 million.]". Accessed 21 June 2010.〕 ==See also== Norvergence 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minimum Rate Pricing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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