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Not Everyone Likes AT&T’s Soaring Landline Rates that Violate Deregulation Pledges

TURN and 25 customers face off with AT&T On one side of the complaint before California’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) are 35 phone users and The Utility Reform Network (TURN),

Regulators Put Off Reacting to Phone De-regulation Measure

TURN battles corporate law-making FRESNO, California (KFSN)—The California Public Utilities Commission held one of its travelling meetings in Fresno on Thursday. Many in the audience came to speak out against

Consumer Groups Fear Deregulation of CA Phone Service

AT&T loves its profitable customers but not those who depend on them the most. As younger generations turn to cellphones and telecommunications firms push Internet-based voice service, traditional copper-wire land

State Senate Backs Deregulation of Internet Phone Service

Is Senate Utilities Committee in AT&T’s pocket? SACRAMENTO—An industry-backed bill that would preempt state agencies from regulating Internet-enabled voice and data transmissions won unanimous approval from a state Senate committee

United to Oppose SB 1161, AT&T’s CA Deregulation Bill

Coalition forms to defend universal phone service and defeat SB 1161 For Immediate Release from TURN, The Utility Reform Network Wednesday, April 11, 2011, Sacramento—Phone-company sponsored SB 1161 (Padilla) would

Gaps Emerge in Consumer Protections after Phone Deregulation

Consumer protections have diminished significantly since the California Public Utilities Commission deregulated phone rates in 2006 and adopted a new "hands-off" approach toward telecommunications, according to a report released by

State PUC Has Let Down Its Guard Since Phone Deregulation, Report Finds

A state Senate panel says the agency has largely turned its back on the telecom market since 2006. AT&T and Verizon control about 85% of the market, with prices for

TURN Study Confirms Suppressed Findings: Phone Deregulation is a Disaster

A groundbreaking study released today by TURN, proves that telephone service deregulation in California is a disaster, an phone company competition a myth. For Immediate Release From The Utility Reform

Letter From Our ED—September 2007

Few reruns could be more unwelcome than a rerun of deregulation, and even fewer have been outlawed by the Legislature. But if the Governor and his representatives at the CPUC

Letter From Our ED—April 2005

There’s strength in numbers. TURN knows the truth of that adage all-too-well. Normally we think about it in terms of the strength TURN gains from its thousands of members. There

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