Chairman Rockefeller expands phone industry probe

Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is expanding his investigation into whether phone companies are ripping off consumers with unwarranted fees on their monthly bills. The investigation surrounds a practice called "cramming," which adds unauthorized third-party charges to telephone bills. Chairman Rockefeller began the investigation last year, asking AT&T, Verizon and Qwest for data on cramming. He expanded the probe to CenturyLink, Windstream, Frontier Communications, FairPoint Communications and Cincinnati Bell.