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NY State Dept. of Public Service
Public Service Commission
Regulates telecommunications, electric, gas, steam, water & cable TV. Helps consumers file complaints & choose utility companies.
3 Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12223-1350
Tel: 1 (518) 474 - 3280
http://www.dps.state.ny.us/


Public Utility Law Project
Advocates for utility consumers on service, rates, and consumer protection.
90 State St. - Suite 601
Albany, NY 12207
Tel: 1 (518) 449 - 3375
Tel: 1 (800) 255 - 7857 toll-free
http://www.pulpny.org/index.cfm


Discount Long Distance Digest:
AT&T wins a space in our "Hall of Shame"
"AT&T'S Greed Apparently Has No Limits", Says Ameritech... Former Executives Convicted of Insider Trading... The AT&T Operator from Hell... Labeled "Customer-Unfriendly"... AT&T Costs MCI Customer Thousands... AT&T "Cramming" Phone Bills... AT&T Pays $300,000 Fine for Slamming... Big Carriers Gouging Consumers... NY PSC Slams AT&T... AT&T Ruled Anti-Competitive
http://www.thedigest.com/103/103-4.html


AT&T's Phone Bill Scam..
...how AT&T tried to rip off an individual consumer... "The Wall" ...a type of "scripted stonewalling" of customer requests?
http://www.puremass.com/philliao/text/att/att.html
Letter from AT&T to FCC doing some explaining...
http://www.puremass.com/philliao/text/att/lico.jpg


AT&T, for shame.. Al Gore, for shame..
...they treat customers like dirt.. A "pox" on AT&T.. a few bucks from an old man here, a few from an old lady there, and pretty soon AT&T can be proud of its profits...
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives/archivesmail/mail77.html


"Horror Stories" from telephone customers..
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell_phones/verizon_local.html


US Legal Code - law reference desk at your fingertips
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

NOLO... Legal browsing
http://www.nolo.com/

NexisLexis... More legal browsing
http://www.NexisLexis.com/


ALL THE WEB... a "squarehead-founded" search engine?..
Do a search: "slammed by AT&T" ...
Many are slammed. It must be a new "profit center" for the telecom industry.
http://www.alltheweb.com/


Political contributions... by individual's donations.
Check out "special interest" telecom executives:
AT&T's David W. Dorman, Verizon's Ivan G. Seidenberg, Verizon's Charles R. Lee, etc...
http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/indiv.htm ...By individual
http://www.tray.com/fecinfo/zip.htm ...By zip code

More political contribution information...

According to Federal Election Committee data for the 1999-2000 elections, ranking in the list of Top 20 PAC-money contributors to federal candidates (right alongside the massive trial lawyer's slush funds) are telecom industry activists, unions, & govt. bureaucrats. They too are "protecting their turf" ..as the saying goes!
$ 2,590,074 - American Federation of State/County/Municipal Employees
$ 2,470,125 - Int'l. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
$ 1,995,000 - Communications Workers of America
$ 1,677,617 - Verizon Communications
http://www.crp.org/lobby


Internet Reference desk - find out anything about anything!
http://www.refdesk.com/


EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center
Big Brother (or sister?) is watching YOU!
http://www.epic.org/


"Phone Spell" - What words can YOUR telephone NUMBER spell out?
Maybe your home phone number has commercial -$$$- re-sale value? Convert your number into possible word combinations here...
http://www.phonespell.org/


AOL offers billing to your PHONE bill. (No credit card)
(23rd July 2002) PHONE BILL Terms and Conditions: Before you sign on the first time, you must call AOL's customer service representatives toll-free at 1-866-304-8928 to verify.
http://www.aol.com/


Advertises "cool" e-mail by phone... ??
http://www.planetarymotion.com/


Look up caller ID... for NAME of caller.
http://www.anywho.com/telq.html


Consumer Protection Association of America
Sample COMPLAINT LETTER forms...
http://www.consumerpro.com


"Consumer interest" reporter: NEWSDAY
Call 1-718-896-6969 (category 1550) Henry Gilgoff, Melville, NY 11747
"It's Your Money" hgilgoff@newsday.com
http://www.newsday.com


NBC TV: Diverse "consumer interest" reporters
http://www.wnbc.com


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