Article: AT&T Adds New Service Charge to Local Phone Bills for Long-Distance Service.

Article: Competition Could Save Consumers Up to $9.24 Billion In ...
PR Newswire;  January 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... billion a year in lower phone bills nationwide if vigorous local phone service competition was ... from substantially lower phone bills and more responsive rate ... competition to reduce the phone bills of all consumers and many ...

Article: Local Phone Competition to Save Illinois Consumers ...
PR Newswire;  February 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... save $294 million on their local phone bills in 2003, thanks to emerging ... millions of dollars on their local phone bills," said Gary Mack, executive ... millions of dollars on their local phone bills and can expect to save nearly ...

Article: ICCT: Court Decision Likely Means Higher Phone ...
PR Newswire;  March 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... businesses who now face the possibility of losing choices in local phone service and hundreds of millions in annual savings. "This ... millions of local consumers and small businesses will face higher phone bills and the poor service quality that the Bell companies have ...

Article: Consumer Groups Wary of Florida Measure that Could Double ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... t support higher local phone rates. But other lawmakers ... guaranteed is higher local phone bills. Some people now rely ... the biggest jump in local phone rates in Florida history ... poor people in paying phone bills. Benjamin Ochshorn ...

Article: NASUCA and the Maryland Office of People's Counsel Urge Consumer ...
PR Newswire;  April 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... federal surcharges to the phone bills of virtually every telephone ... phone charges on their phone bills." "The CALLS proposal ... using the networks of local phone companies are scheduled ... On the other hand, local phone companies will keep ...

Article: LOCAL PHONE BILLS WILL NOT INCREASE DUE TO ...
PR Newswire;  September 25, 1992 ;     700+ words ...LOCAL PHONE BILLS WILL NOT INCREASE DUE TO HURRICANE ANDREW MIAMI, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Bell announced today that it will not increase ...

Article: Higher Local Phone Bills Are Likely for Many ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 31, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... agreement would let the state's dominant local phone companies -- Southwestern Bell Telephone ... for the commission ... to get the local phone companies ... to do the kinds of things ... Sprint that in exchange for raising local phone rates they must provide additional services ...