Newsroom/Letters

2007

Consumers Protected by FCC Decision on Verizon Forbearance December 5, 2007

Ohio Consumers’ Counsel attorney David Bergmann receives national award for advocacy on behalf of telecommunications consumers November 19, 2007

Consumers Paying Billions Due to Misallocated Telecom Costs August 22, 2006

2006

Consumers Paying Billions Due to Misallocated Telecom Costs August 22, 2006

Consumer Advocates Detail Steps Needed to Protect Personal Information April 28, 2006

Consumer Advocates Announce Launch of Telephone Assistance Website February 7, 2006

2005

NASUCA's Letter Regarding Decline in Telephone Subscribership Latest FCC Subscribership Report, including historical data Consumer advocates call for study of decline in the number of households with telephone service August 11, 2005

Nation's Consumer Advocates Call for Stronger Telephone Billing Rules, More Consumer Protections June 27, 2005

Consumer Advocates ask Federal Court to Overturn FCC's Decision on Telephone Billing Rules March 29, 2005

Consumer Groups Say FCC Decision is a Defeat in the Effort to Protect Consumers From Misleading Long Distance and Cell Phone Charges March 10, 2005

The Truth Behind Rising Electric Rates and Deregulation Open Letter to DC Consumers as Appeared in the Washington Post D.C. Extra February 3, 2005

Notice of Appeal for the Vonage Order January 11, 2005

NASUCA Files Federal Appeal to Protect Internet Telephone Customers January 11, 2005

2004

FCC Decision Could Permanently Damage Local Telephone Choice December 15, 2004

NASUCA Proposes Wireless Consumer Protections November 24, 2004

NASUCA Responds to the FCC Decision on Internet-based Telephone Service November 9, 2004

Consumer Advocates Call for Fair Access Rule October 5, 2004

Consumer Advocates Call for Limits on Telecommunications Surcharge; Criticize Senate Appropriations Committee Rejection of Needed Reform September 23, 2004

Nation's Consumer Advocates Fight Telephone Industry's Misleading Surcharges August 13, 2004

The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor Truth in Billing-Press Release May 11, 2004

NASUCA Responds to Texas Sunset Commission May 5, 2004 Sunset Commission Staff Report

Consumer Advocates Tell FCC That VOIP Telephone Customers Deserve Protections March 30, 2004

Truth in Billing-Press Release March 30, 2004

NASUCA Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft-Certiorari and stay of USTA v. FCC March 17, 2004

Consumer Advocates React to Federal Court's Telecom Decision March 2, 2004

2003

Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate Tells Congress That Rate Incentives Will Not Solve Blackout Problems September 4, 2003

FCC rules mean critical decisions now rest with state regulators August 22, 2003

Nation's consumer advocates honor Florida Public Counsel Jack Shreve June 13, 2003

FERC "equity incentive" plan would cost consumers billions of dollars in higher electric rates March 13, 2003

Letter to the editor in response to USA Today's "Bell Monopolies Push to Disconnect Competition" editorial February 15, 2003

Letter to the editor to major daily newspapers in support of the local telephone wholesale system (UNE-P) February 13, 2003

Letter to the editor in response to the Wall Street Journal's "A Telecom Breakthrough" editorial February 13, 2003

Report By Nation's State Utility Consumer Advocates Shows Local Telephone Wholesale System Vital to Competition January 27, 2003

Letter to the editor to the Wall Street Journal in support of the local telephone wholesale system (UNE-P) January 13, 2003

2002

Fight to Preserve Telephone Competition

Nation’s State Utility Consumer Advocates Praise FTC’s New Do-Not-Call List December 18, 2002

NASUCA Recommends Changes To Telemarketing Rules December 9, 2002

OH Consumers' Counsel, Robert S. Tongren, Elected President of NASUCA November 14, 2002