Wisconsin: Walker decides regulations on phone companies are too burdensome.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/122501394.html


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Madison - Many long-standing regulations on traditional landline telephones will be dropped under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Scott Walker that is the first big rewrite of the state's telecommunications laws since 1994.

AT&T Inc. and other backers of the legislation passed earlier this month on bipartisan votes said previous state telecommunications law was premised on a former monopoly for landline providers that had been broken up by cellular telephone companies.

"This law will allow the telecommunications industry to better serve Wisconsin's consumers and it will spur economic growth and job creation," Walker said in a statement.

But opponents say the proposal removes protections for consumers in rural areas where alternatives such as cell phones and broadband Internet aren't always available. During debate on the measure, Democratic lawmakers offered amendments - defeated by Republicans - to restore some of those protections.

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So serving Wisconsin's consumers is high on Walker's priorities, huh? Yeah, that's it.

funny, I thought Wisconsin had citizens.


We're all just consumer's to these bastards. :grr:

...are already understanding that they have "consumer rights" but do not understand that they have "citizen rights".

It still never ceases to aggravate me, though. :grr:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

no, it`s not going to create 50,000 jobs. 50,000 jobs would have been created by the rail projects over the next few years across southern wisconsin.

of complaints when people get their bills.