The Paring Knife,Part 2:Yahoo Cuts Cell Phones

While Wal-Mart is cutting jobs and closing stores,Yahoo is responding to its situation by no longer serving lower end cell phones.Yahoo Mobile,its cell phone hub,has posted an apology to some pay-as-you-go phone owners.When these customers try to access Yahoo email or other services,they are met by the frustrating message.Yahoo Mobile says that if you own a higher end phone that got swept up in the change,you should let them know.Some AT&T customers with Motorola GoPhones are being impacted by the abrupt move.Windows Live Hotmail is still available to them.
GoPhone owners might consider complaining to the Federal Communications Commission about Yahoo's action.In the course of the financial crisis,many consumers are turning to the pay-as-you go model from the more expensive plans.Lack of access to their Yahoo account will hardly be helpful to them as they themselves navigate the difficulties of a damaged economy.

MCI Hikes Fee

In a risky move,long distance provider MCI is more than doubling the monthly fee it charges for paper billing.The fee is being hiked from .99 U.S. to 1.99.Few other utilities,if any,charge such a fee.Complaints may be filed with the Federal Communications Commission,which has jurisdiction over MCI.MCI is a division of Verizon Communications(VZ).