Alabama Deregulation
The Alabama Senate voted 19-8 to pass legislation to deregulate all home and business phone services giving landline rates the same standing as cell and Internet phone services. Should this legislation become law, the Alabama Public Service will no longer oversee rates and AT&T and other local phone companies will be able to set rates for local service as they wish.
While this bill positions Alabama landline phone service providers to better compete with the already deregulated cell and Internet phone providers, it would also result in less protection for consumers against huge rate hikes. Of course, the next step for this piece of legislation is to make it through the House – and then be signed by Alabama’s governor.
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