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Company: Ameritech
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: October 25, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: utility service violation
Violation Description: Ameritech was ordered to pay $10 million to 90,000 Wisconsin customers inconvenienced by lengthy delays in getting their telephone service fixed or installed.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Wisconsin
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Source of Data: AMERITECH ORDERED TO PAY BIGGER FINE, Wisconsin State Journal, October 25, 2000 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.