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Article: California Officials Investigate Pac Bell's Billing ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... officials ordered an inquiry to determine if Pac Bell overcharges customers once technicians ... service record following the acquisition of Pac Bell's parent by San Antonio, Texas-based ... number of customers have complained that Pac Bell has failed to provide satisfactory service ...

Article: PUC lowers rates Pac Bell can charge rivals.(Knight ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... competitors must lease local phone lines from Pac Bell, which controls the connections going ... they could not compete because the rates Pac Bell charges for access to its networks made ... Thursday's ruling came as a big defeat for Pac Bell, which provides local dial-tone service ...

Article: California PUC Arbitrator to Pac Bell: Internet ...
PR Newswire;  April 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Arbitrator Warns That Pac Bell Proposals Would Increase Internet Access ... Internet is a local call and that SBC/Pac Bell must compensate Pac-West, a local ... The arbitrator also warned that SBC/Pac Bell's proposed changes could harm rural ...

Article: Pac Bell Gets Closer to Offering Long Distance in ...
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  July 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... long-distance service in California. Pac Bell said it hopes to start selling long distance ... Commission, clears a major hurdle for Pac Bell, which first applied for long-distance ... Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pac Bell must prove to regulators that its monopoly ...

Article: California regulators endorse Pac Bell bid to offer ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... state Public Utilities Commission ruled Pac Bell has complied with the federal rules to ... requirements to enter the California market. Pac Bell's application will now go forward for ... can begin selling long distance. Both Pac Bell and its adversaries _ rival long-distance ...

Article: Pac Bell Says Local Market; Open Competitors ...
Orange County Business Journal;  April 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... to enter the long-distance market. Pac Bell notified the CPUC two weeks ago that it ... local service in the areas it serves. Pac Bell says it has about 17.5 million business ... through their own equipment or by reselling Pac Bell service. The long-distance companies ...

Article: California PUC Judge Says Net Calls Are Local, Blocks Pac ...
PR Newswire;  November 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Internet calls as local. ISPs say the Pac Bell plan could boost Internet costs by up ... comes as a blow to Texas-based SBC/Pac Bell and other incumbent phone companies ... currently treated like a local call and Pac Bell is required to pay a fee called reciprocal ...