Press Releases

December 13, 2007	Maine Public Advocate Reaches Agreement With Fairpoint and Verizon on Sale of Verizon’s Operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
October 11, 2007	Public Advocate Announces Recommendations to PUC in Fairpoint’s Proposed Acquisition of Verizon-Maine
October 1, 2007	Captioned Telephone Allows Hard-of-Hearing People in Maine to Hear and Read Telephone Conversations
August 6, 2007	New “Soft Dial Tone” Policy May Require E-9-1-1 Service on Most Disconnected Telephone Lines
January 26, 2007	Public Advocate Files Final Arguments in Verizon Rate Case , Seeking Local Service Rate Reductions of $6 Per Month
December 11, 2006	Maine Public Advocate Stephen Ward Suggests That Telephone Customers Claim Refund of Federal Telephone Tax
October 23, 2006	The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same - for Nuclear Power
October 2, 2006	Ratewatcher Telecom Guide Has New Design, Packed With More Money-Saving Information Than Ever
February 27, 2006	Ex parte on USF contribution mechanism
September 21, 2005	Public Advocate Witnesses Urge That Verizon/MCI Merger
August 7, 2003	Complaint Against CMP Leads to Results; Advocate Assists Locals Opposed to New Power Line
May 9, 2001	Public Advocate Office Says the Public Utilities Commission's 5-Year Plan for Verizon is Unfair to Consumers
March 13, 2000	Public Advocate Requests Full Rate Investigation of Bell Atlantic by the Public Utilities Commission
	Public Advocate Witnesses Urge That Verizon/MCI Merger Be Approved - if at All - With Major Conditions That Promote Competition and Broadband Deployment

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