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- Watchdog Group to Fight Phone Rate Increases in Florida.
- By Kristi Swartz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 21--Government watchdog group Common Cause added its voice Thursday to the debate over phone rate hikes. Common Cause, which has 9,000 members in Florida, has joined Florida...
- Research articles 2003-11-21
- Florida Regulators Ask What Savings Will Come from Local Phone Rate Increases.
- By Rocky Scott, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 4--Public Service Commission members thwarted efforts Monday to derail a proposed $355million local phone-rate increase but also criticized phone companies for not providing information to show that the increase would...
- Research articles 2003-11-04
- Basic Phone Service in South Florida to Increase If Bill Passes, Analysis Says.
- By Beatrice E. Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 11--The cost of basic phone service in South Florida could jump $3 to $3.50 a month over the next two to four years if a proposed telecom bill passes in...
- Research articles 2003-04-11
- Collect Call from Pay Phone Can Ring Up a Big Bill in Omaha, Neb., Area.
- By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 9--You forgot the cell phone, so you pull into a gas station to use a pay phone to call home. Oops. No change. So you make a collect call. ...
- Research articles 2001-11-09
- Georgia Regulators Reject Plea for New Area Code for Metro Atlanta.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- May 18--In what may be a national first, Georgia regulators have rejected --- at least for now --- imposition of a new area code for metro Atlanta. Turning back the suggestion of those who administer the continent's phone numbers, the PSC argued that all...
- Research articles 2000-05-18
- Florida Regulators Want to Tighten Lid on New Phone Prefixes.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7 -- Joe Garcia is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. That's why the Florida Public Service Commission, of which Garcia is the chairman, has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to...
- Research articles 1999-06-08
- DEBUT OF NEW AREA CODES ON HOLD: NY IN UPHILL BATTLE FOR EASY DIALING.
- Nearly two months after the scheduled dawn of the 646 area code for all new telephone numbers in Manhattan, the plan remains on hold. State and federal officials agree the new code is essential. What they have yet to agree on is how much it need complicate...
- Research articles 1998-06-29
- FCTA is target of criminal probe. (Florida Cable Television Association)
- As part of a long-term effort to expose what it believed were frequent, illegal ex parte contacts between Florida Public Service Commission members and officials of Southern Bell, individuals employed by the Florida Cable TV Association may have authorized or engaged in illegal surveillance activities. ...
- Research articles 1993-10-04
- Tennessee PSC tries to silence cable group. (Public Service Commission opposes TV spot by Tennessee Cable Television Association criticizing high-technology plan "FYI Tennessee")
- Tennessee PSC Tries To Silence Cable Group The Tennessee Public Service Commission last week asked the FCC to block distribution of a cable TV industry spot designed to elicit public criticism of a $400 million high-technology plan known as FYI Tennessee. ...
- Research articles 1990-10-01
- Utah opens telcos to competition. (telephone companies)
- Utah lawmakers voted last week to abolish the state's telephone monopoly, setting the stage for an invasion of the local exchange by cable television operators and long-distance carriers. The Senate voted 25-0 to approve the Telecommunications Ref Utah lawmakers voted last week to...
- Research articles 1995-03-06
- Nevada telcos will fight PSC de-reg plan. (Nevada telephone companies; Public Service Commission; deregulation)
- The Nevada telephone industry may bypass a Public Service Commission deregulation proposal and take its case directly to the state legislature, sources close to the situation said last week. Local exchange carriers are considering the move as a wa The Nevada telephone industry...
- Research articles 1994-12-05
- State: Numbers of competitive phone lines, carriers have risen.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- A study by the state Public Service Commission found that competitive telephone companies supplied 6.47 percent of the local trunk lines in Michigan as of the end of last year, up from 3.99 percent at the end of 1999. The study, released June 14,...
- Research articles 2001-07-09
- FL approves telecom law. (Florida)
- FL Approves Telecom Law TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida lawmakers on the last day of the legislative session passed an innovative package of regulatory measures to replace the state's existing telecommunications law, due to sunset this year. The leg FL Approves...
- Research articles 1990-06-04
- At your service; Telephone companies get the call to enforce quality.(Technology)(Michigan Public Service Commission issues quality-of-service rules)
- Byline: Amy Lane The state has put new teeth in its service requirements for local-telephone companies, and it's not making the phone companies happy. AT&T Corp., SBC Ameritech Michigan and Verizon Communications Inc. are protesting parts o Byline: Amy Lane...
- Research articles 2002-10-14
- PSC Hearing to Consider Larger Local Telephone Areas in Middle Georgia.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Georgia)
- Jun. 27--Middle Georgia telephone users could benefit from larger toll- free local calling areas, depending on the outcome of a series of PSC hearings to be held next month. Jun. 27--Middle Georgia telephone users could benefit from larger toll- free local calling areas, depending on the...
- Research articles 1995-06-26
- State close to more telecom competition
- Maryland lawmakers yesterday struck a compromise with telephone giant Verizon on legislation aimed at easing the competitive path for small and large rivals in the local telephone industry. The measure -- which the House of Delegates was expected to pass after The Daily Record's deadline last night -- clarifies...
- Research articles 2002-03-26
- U S West wins final OK to challenge BellSouth. (U S WEST Inc.; BellSouth Corp.)
- The 1996 Summer Olympics may not be the only competition to hit Georgia next year. Atlanta's local telephone market will also be heating up about then, thanks to a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling last week authorizing U S West...
- Research articles 1995-10-23
- State Communications Receives PSC Approval To Provide Phone Service In Florida
- GREENVILLE, S.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 23, 1999--State Communications, Inc., has received approval from the Florida Public Service Commission PSC to provide local and long distance service.
- Research articles 1999-03-23
- Neb. gives Cox OK for telephony. (Cox Communications Inc receives approval to enter Omaha, Nebraska, telephone company)
- Cox Communications Inc. will become U S West Inc.'s largest competitor in the Omaha, Neb., telephone market, under an interconnection agreement approved recently by state regulators. However, the Nebraska Public Service Commission overruled an in Cox Communications Inc. will become U S...
- Research articles 1997-08-04
- Coalition-building starts to pay off. (efforts by Florida Cable TV Association to strengthen cable industry ties)
- Coalition-Building Starts To Pay Off Efforts by the Florida Cable TV Association to strengthen cable industry ties by having a coalition of groups monitor telephone company activities have begun to pay off, said FCTA president Steve Wilkerson. Coalition-Building Starts...
- Research articles 1991-11-18
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