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Class-action suits to go ahead against Bell, Telus over minutes

Class-action suits to go ahead against Bell, Telus over minutes A judge has given the green light to class-action lawsuits against telecom companies Bell and Telus over the practice of rounding up minutes. A call lasting one minute and one second, for example, would be billed as two minutes, thereby depleting talk time faster for millions of Canadians, who would then incur per-minute charges at a higher rate, the suits allege. They also allege the practice began in mid-2002 but was not disclosed by either telecom. “Cellphone users were unwittingly charged excessive and unjustified fees in breach of the express… View Article