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TexLaProgressive

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12. Back in the Stone Age of landline phones being deregulated
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 05:20 PM
Jul 2024

There was a nefarious way that long distance companies would call and trick people into switching services. If I remember correctly any time the person called said, “YES” that was considered approval. This began with the loss of Ann Richards to GWB. The regulatory commission of the state of Texas have no teeth. The Public Utilities Commission was a fearsome beast when dealing with telephone and electrical power. The Railroad Commission made the oil and gas industry toe a tight line. I am sure the same is true of the other state commissions. No one is guarding the hen house and so the foxes are picking us off one by one.

I don’t know if the old LD switch scam is what happened to you but I suspect it is.Good luck or move to someplace sane like New England.

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