Group of industry observers, companies and individuals announced ...
Group of industry observers, companies and individuals announced formation of TeleTruth, national alliance for customers’ telecom and broadband rights. Organizers said group was formed to defend public’s interests, educate and inform customers on how to combat monopoly control, promote…
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competition and innovation, accelerate deployment of services. “The year 2002 is a critical time for all phone and broadband customers. Prices for local services are going up, customer service is getting worse and the promise of high-speed DSL has not been kept,” said Bruce Kushnick, chmn. of TeleTruth and exec. dir. of New Networks Institute. Group is against Tauzin-Dingell bill, describing it as effort to eliminate competition provisions in 1996 Telecom Act. Joseph Plotkin, adviser to TeleTruth and dir. of DSL/marketing for ISP Bway.net, described FCC under Chmn. Powell as unbalanced, “ignoring the plight and concerns of small competitors while clearing the way for the largest phone monopolies to expand into and disrupt competitive long distance service markets.”