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DA 10-939
CONSUMER & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU ANNOUNCES THE DATES 
FOR FILING COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS ON ITS PUBLIC NOTICE 
REGARDING “BILL SHOCK”
CG Docket No.  09-158
Release Date:  May 25, 2010
Comment Date:  July 6, 2010
Reply Comment Date:  July 19, 2010
On May 20, 2010, the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau of the Federal 
Communications Commission (Commission) released a Public Notice (Notice) seeking to gather 
information on the feasibility of instituting usage alerts and cut-off mechanisms similar to those 
required under the European Union (EU) regulations that would provide wireless voice, text, and 
data consumers in the United States a way to monitor, on a real-time basis, their usage of a 
wireless communications service, as well as the various charges they may incur in connection 
with such usage (e.g., roaming services, voice service “minute plans,” text message plans).  
Specifically, the Commission sought comment on whether technological or other differences 
exist that would prevent wireless providers in this country from employing similar usage controls 
as those now required by the EU.
The Notice was published in the Federal Register on May 20, 2010.1 Therefore,
comments are due on July 6, 2010, and reply comments are due on July 19, 2010.  Comments 
should be filed consistent with the instructions provided in the Notice.
For further information, contact Richard D. Smith, Consumer & Governmental Affairs 
Bureau, at (717) 338-2797.
  
1 75 Fed. Reg. 28249  (May 20, 2010).