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Teletruth In the News
2002-2004
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ABC News, Pittsburgh,
November 15th, 2004
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/3920162/detail.html
Wendy Bell: Get Back Money on Your Phone
Bills
Phone bills are so confusing that sometimes we don't even
know what we're paying for, yet we pay anyway.
Miami Herald, September 19,
2004
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/9694819.htm
A call to phone companies: Stop charging odd fees
ISP Planet, September 17,
2004
http://www.isp-planet.com/politics/2004/voip_war.html
VoIP Battleground in RBOC Monopoly War
"The Bells have mostly succeeded in closing their networks
to ISPs. The next step in the monopoly war is being fought
right now, as the Bells seek the right to close their
networks to all non-Bell applications."
Wall Street Journal,
Sept 13th, 2004
(subscription required)
"Outside the Lines"
Network World Fusion, August
18, 2004
http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0818icf.html
Carrier group seeks fee overhaul
"Instead of getting rid of intrinsic problems, they're just
raising rates," says TeleTruth Chairman Bruce
Kushnick.
The Associated Press, (ran in
60 newspapers, including Miami Herald, Forbes, and the
Asbury Park Press) Monday, Pittsburgh Post Gazzette,
August 16, 2004
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04229/362300.stm
Consumer advocates: Hang up on leased phones
"Allibone, the consultant who also works for TeleTruth, a
telecommunications industry watchdog, studied his friend
Betty Jane Hunt's bill and spotted the lease charge. He said
consumers were "very easily confused and deceptively
confused" by the industry."
New York Post, May 2,
2004
http://www.nypost.com
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Phone Cos. Ringing Up Big
Charges$
Call them what you will - fees,
surcharges, add-ons - the intention is always the same.
Masquerading as taxes, nibbling your checkbook, they pad the
profits of companies too cowardly to ask for the money up
front.
WABC News, New York,
April, 2004
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/7onyourside/wabc_7onyourside_042004phonebill.html
Deal Sound Good? Take a Close Look
at the Fine Print
When was the last time you took a good
look at your phone bill? One woman found that the fine print
that was costing her money. She needed Tappy Phillips and
Seven On Her Side. See Bruce Kushnick, Chairman, talk about
phone bill charges.
Star Ledger, April 20, 2004
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a signup)
Verizon offers to settle bill
errors with businesses,
"This is just the tip of the iceberg,"
said Tom Allibone, director of auditing for Teletruth, a
consumer advocacy group that assisted the plaintiffs in the
case. "This is a simple example of how their billing system
doesn't work."
"Beyond the 50,000 identified business
customers who are due credits or refunds, there may be
others who were improperly charged because of the same
billing error, Skalet said. They have yet to be identified
because many of Verizon's old billing records have been
destroyed, he said.
Kansas City Star, Mar. 07,
2004
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Forgetting about fees, taxes when
comparing plans
Don't believe the advertising -
especially if you are calculating your household's telephone
budget.Phone companies notoriously add scads of extra
charges and taxes to customer bills, meaning that what
sounded like a good deal when you heard it advertised on
television winds up making a major dent in your wallet once
the final bill has been tallied.Consumer Action, a San
Francisco-based nonprofit agency, estimates that fees and
taxes can add up to 15 percent to a phone bill.
ISP Planet, February 9,
2004
Is The Phone Company Overcharging You?
Birmingham, Mich.-based Invivo is not
the only organization to notice that telcos aren't always
honest about what they charge their customers. The activist
association TeleTruth, for example, is currently fighting a
fierce battle in Pennsylvania, where it is trying to unite
independent ISPs and angry taxpaying consumers.
America's Network Weekly,
December 8, 2003
TELETRUTH SEEKS POWELL'S TELEPHONE RECORDS
Public interest group TeleTruth filed
a Freedom of Information Act request with the Federal
Communications Commission last week, seeking, among other
items, Chairman Michael Powell's telephone records from
January 1 through August 21.
The Bergen Record, August 24,
2003
Fiber-optic lines could deliver the Internet in a
flash
"The idea that these guys will
actually compete with the cable company?" says Bruce
Kushnick, president of market research firm New Networks
Institute. "We might as well wait for Godot."
Newsday,
August 23rd, 2003
This Time, Cell Phones Woes,
Failures in outage reveal weaknesses
"There should be a reliability test
that these guys should pass," said Bruce Kushnick, chairman
of TeleTruth, a telecommunications consumer advocacy
organization based in Manhattan.
Broadband Reports
–Feature, June 16th, 2003
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/29373
Broadband Reports: Interview Bruce Kushnick, Teletruth
Chairman Written by Karl Bode, Bruce Kushnick has been
dubbed everything from the "Leading Visionary in the Telecom
Industry" to another "Bitter Bell Critic"; but what's
certain is that nobody in the industry is ignoring him.
USA Today, Kevin
Maney, 6/03/03
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2003-06-03-peabody_x.htm
Mr. Peabody and Sherman try to save
future of telecom
We have discovered the lost 92nd episode of Peabody's
Improbable History, in which Peabody and Sherman meddle with
historical events to make sure they turn out right. In this
one, our boys turn to telecom.,
ISP Planet, June 2, 2003
http://www.isp-planet.com/politics/2003/fcc_petition.html
Telecom & ISP Advocacy Groups
Petition FCC , With industry-altering changes looming on
the federal regulatory horizon, ISPs and CLECs are striving
to make their voices heard in the high-level policy
debate.
Fox News, New York, May 13, 2003
http://www.teletruth.org/movies/bruce4Mb.mov
(4 mg video file)
Phonebill issues and Problems on
Phonebills.
Forbes Magazine
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/0512/082.html
Shortchanged, "The Baby Bells may have bilked
consumers out of billions by inflating the cost of their
networks. Regulators seem content to overlook the matter.,
Scott Woolley, 05.12.03
Philadelphia
Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/5210654.htm
Consumers are owed $2 billion,
group says Verizon is not meeting its end of a deal on
broadband, it says. Speeds of 45 megabits per second were
promised by Akweli Parker, posted Wed. Feb. 19th,
2003
Broadband Reports: Recent
Coverage of Teletruth.
 Jun
02 03 FCC
Gets an Earful
May
28 03 Bigger,
Faster, Stronger
May
14 03 One
Man's Telco War
May
01 03 Battling
the Baby Bells
Apr
18 03 High
Speed Hype?
Associated Press
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/business/s_119431.html
Group
says Verizon reaped $2 billion from false
promises
TeleTruth's chairman, Bruce
Kushnick, said Verizon pulled off a "bait and switch"
when it promised public utility commissioners that it would
build a high…
Pittsburgh Tribune
Review, PA - 19 Feb
2003
Miami Herald, FL - 19 Feb
2003
Penn Live, PA - 19 Feb 2003
Wichita Eagle,
KS - 19 Feb 2003
Kansas City Star,
MO - 19 Feb 2003
Associated Press
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030212_2175.html
Consumer Group Seek's SEC
probe of Verizon
ABC
News - 12 Feb
2003
Parsippany Daily Record, NJ - 13
Feb 2003
Hilton Head Island
Packet, SC - 12 Feb
2003
Raleigh News, NC - 12 Feb 2003
Newsday
- 12 Feb 2003
Seattle Post
Intelligencer, WA - 12 Feb
2003
San Jose Mercury
News, CA - 12 Feb 2003
San Francisco
Chronicle, CA - 12 Feb 2003
Austin American
Statesman, TX - 12 Feb 2003
Miami Herald,
FL - 12 Feb 2003
Times Daily,
AL - 12 Feb 2003
Boston.com,
MA - 12 Feb 2003
Springfield News
Sun, OH - 12 Feb 2003
Times Daily,
AL - 12 Feb 2003
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune, FL - 12 Feb
2003
Lakeland Ledger,
FL - 12 Feb 2003
DSLReports
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/26350
- Did Verizon Scam Pennsylvania?
Teletruth releases some scathing claims
written by Karl
Bode, February
19th, 2003
Light Reading
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=26395&site=lightreading
RBOC Accounting Mystery Resurfaces
January 6th, 2003
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/printedition/ny-bzfone073077748jan07,0,5608587.story?coll=ny%2Dbusiness%2Dprint
Easing Phone Rules a Concern,
Bells want more price freedom
By Mark Harrington, STAFF WRITER, January 7,
2003
New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/business/52733.htm
FCC RULES BURN CUSTOMERS, LONG-DISTANCE CARRIERS
January 7, 2003 -- Ben Silverman
David Isenberg's Smart
Letter
Subject: Here Comes the Bailout -- SMART Letter
#82
January 07, 2003 5:12 PM
Under the no-UNE-P scenario that the FCC is pushing, the
ILECs will indeed have more cash -- but will they invest
this cash in their networks? It ain't necessarily so,
according to what Bruce Kushnick has been saying for
years
(see http://newnetworks.com).
San Jose Mercury News
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5231643.htm
FCC Gives Phone Giants the
Next Generation
* posted by Dan Gillmor 11:34 AM, February 20th,
2003
"Bruce Kushnick has this trenchant analysis."
America's Network
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=43326
COMMENTARY: UNE-P reform and
the turning point of competition?
By: Grahame Lynch January 15, 2003,
XChange Magazine, Cover Story
http://www.x-changemag.com/articles/291feat1.html
THE REAL STORY ON BELL
OUT-OF-REGION COMPETITION
By Fred Dawson, Posted 9/01/2002
Watchdog Group Asks SEC for
Verizon Probe
By Josh Long Posted on: 02/14/2003
Phone+ Magazine
http://www.phoneplusmag.com/hotnews/32h17133946.html
FCC Never Discredited Audits, Says
Watchdog Chairman
By Josh Long Posted on: 02/17/2003
... I would like to point out
that the FCC never discredited their report," says Bruce
Kushnick, chairman of TeleTruth, an organization that
recently asked the ...
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- Light Reading
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=27951
Does the FCC Hate Small Business?,
Feb 05 2003
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The 'Incredible'
Bells,
http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051-021902D
Tech Central, February 19,
2002
Your Biggest Headache – E-Mail
http://www.ispworld.com/isp/newsletter/executive/operations_020702.htm
ISPworld News, February 7,
2002
Truth test for
Verizon
http://www.teletruth.org/About/clippings/StarLedge1.html
New Jersey Star Ledger, February 1,
2002
Your phone company owes you $200
(and why you won't get it),
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2844033,00.html
David Coursey, AnchorDesk, ZDNet ,
January 31, 2002
ISP Failures Put E-Mail Into
Limbo
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000007669jan31.story
Los Angeles Times January 31, 2002
Verizon Critics Seek Phone Bills To
Study,
http://www.teletruth.org/About/clippings/hunterdon1.html
Hunterdon County Democrat, January 31,
2002
The DLECs' demise,
http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2002/0107feat.html
NetworkWorld Fusion, January 7,
2002
Local Baby Bells blamed for
broadband blues, http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/12/19/011219hnbabybells.xml
Infoworld, December 19,
2001
Broadband: A problem without a
solution?
http://www.totaltele.com/interviews/display.asp?InterviewID=98
TotalTelecom, Communications Week
International., November 12, 2001
The Bell's Role In The Current
Financial Recession
http://www.telecomweb.com/archive/desk/20011102.htm
Telecom Web, November 9th,
2001
The "Broadband Bill of Rights" is
Supported by Maryland Consumers
http://www.md4competition.org/main.html
October 2001
Slowdown in DSL might continue even
if broadband bill passes
http://www.newnetworks.com/bridgenews83101.htm
Bridge News, August 31,
2001
Is Bay Ridge Paying Too Much for
Its Telephone Network?
http://www.newnetworks.com/courierlife.htm
Bay Ridge Courier Life, Week of August
27th, 2001
Reference: Northpoint vs Verizon-
Superior Court Case # 317249, Amended 7/12/2001
Department of Justice Trustee:
http://www.complaints.com/august2001/complaintoftheday.august27.1.htm
Complaints.com, Agusut 27,
2001
Rhythms NetConnections to Close,
Leaving DSL Clients in the Lurch,
Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2001
(subscription required)
Covad, One of the Last DSL
Competitors, Blames Troubles on Bell Tactics,
Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2001
(subscription required)
Bell Companies Blamed for D.S.L.'s
Woes,
The New York Times, August 6, 2001,
(subscription required)
The New Realities of
Broadband
http://theneteconomy.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1855%2526a%253D13780,00.asp
August 3, 2001
Are Bells to blame for the tech
crash?
http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/03/010803hnbabybells.xml
Infoworld, August 3, 2001
Subject: IP: STOP THE FCC LINE
CHARGE INCREASE JULY 1st, 2001, NNI Asks the FCC
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200107/msg00000.html
Interesting-people, 7/1/01
And the Winner Is?
http://www.theneteconomy.com/article.asp?section=15&article_id=060401_sr
The Net Economy, June 4,2001
Rep. Tauzin to Bring Broadband
Deployment Act Back to Table,
http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_746971,00.html
ISPnews 4/19/01
Why Tauzin-Dingell Bill is Evil,
Position Paper, New Networks Institute
http://www.boardwatch.com/src/WP_NNI_042501.htm
ISP World, 4/26/01
The Bell Monopolies
are Killing Broadband, DSL & Competition,
Part 1
http://www.ispworld.com/bw/jan01/Tales_Baby_Bells.htm
Boardwatch
Magazine, 1/20/01
The Bell Monopolies are Killing
DSL, Broadband & Competition. Part 2,
http://www.ispworld.com/bw/feb01/Tales_Baby_Bells.htm
Boardwatch
Magazine, 2/15/01
DSL Groundswell: Winter of
Discontent Could Get Ugly
http://www.broadbandweek.com/news/010219/print/010219_news_ground.htm
BroadbandWeek, February 19,
2001
Customers Squawk Back Over DSL
Service Verizon Gets Earful
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0107/russo.php,
Village Voice February 14 - 20,
2001
Mid-Atlantic States Press for Split
of Verizon's Wholesale, Retail Operations,
http://www.newnetworks.com/patrio-news.htm
Patriot News, February 13,
2001,
"The Broadband Bill of
Rights",
http://www.isp-planet.com/politics/2001/bb_bor.html
ISP Planet: 2/12/01
Verizon Halts DSL Sales At 53
Sites,
http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_585151,00.html
ISPnews, February 9, 2001
Pipe dreams: Will Rush To
Deregulate Telecom Really Expand Broadband?
http://www.techcentralstation.com/NewsDesk.asp?FormMode=MainTerminalArticles&ID=49
James K. Glassman, Host, Tech Central
Station, Monday, January 15, 2001
Verizon tells New York to quit DSL
whingeing,
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/16691.html
UK Register 2/16/01
Just One Question: Joe
Plotkin,
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,21879,00.html
Industry Standard, 2/12/01
New Yorkers plan DSL protest summit
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200-4602284.html
CNET News.com January 25, 2001,
Interview With Joe Plotkin,
CNN/FN
http://cnnfn.cnn.com/services/fnonair/video/dj/56k/012601pt2.html
CNN/FN, Digital Jam, 1/26/01
New Yorkers plot DSL
protest,
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16379.html
UK Register 1/25/01
LINKS FOR NEW NETWORKS INSTITUTE,
2000
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