AT&T Reaction to Public Service Commission Vote On Anti-Slamming Rules.TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- November 3, 1998-- Below is AT&T's reaction to today's actions by the Florida Public Service Commission Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) is an independent regulatory agency serving the public of Florida by managing its public utilities such as telecommunications, electricity, natural gas, water, and wastewater. (FPSC FPSC Florida Public Service Commission FPSC Financial Planners Standards Council (Canada) FPSC Field Programmable System Chip (Lucent Technologies) FPSC Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultura ) regarding new anti-slamming rules adopted in Florida. The FPSC voted 5-0 in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor the modified rules. This statement may be attributed to Ken McNeely, AT&T Vice President of Law & Government Affairs - Florida. "Today the Florida Public Service Commission enacted some of the toughest slamming The unauthorized switching of your long distance telephone provider. Unethical marketing organizations contact the local telephone company and claim that certain customers have authorized them to handle their long distance. prevention rules in the nation. These modified rules maintain a careful balance of slamming prevention without unduly restricting consumers' rights to freely and easily select the long-distance carrier of their choice. Consumers are clear winners in this process. AT&T is committed to a zero tolerance policy zero tolerance policy Substance abuse A stance taken by US government, that any type of drug abuse is punishable by incarceration. See Correctional facility, War on Drugs. against slamming. In March of this year AT&T voluntarily implemented new anti-slamming initiatives which included setting up a 24-hour slamming resolution center as well as suspending the use of certain marketing firms who were not meeting our strict standards. AT&T will continue to lead the industry in the fight against slamming." |
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