Monday, March 26, 2012

Local attorney questions telcom deregulation

Local lawyer Ellis Jacobs, an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Dayton, told reporters from the Dayton Daily News and WHIO-TV that any action on SB 271, a bill that would allow phone companies to pull landline phone service from Ohio, is premature until a thorough study of the telecommunications overhaul is completed.

“For phone companies to come back this quickly and demand changes this dramatic — that have such a negative impact — is just wrong,” Jacobs said.

Dayton Daily News: Bill could eliminate landline service

3 comments:

Virgil Hervey said...

I think this would be disastrous in YS. I have to go out on the back deck, rain, snow and dark of night to get cell phone service at my house.

Jean Payne said...

We have seven phones in the house including iphones, but my favorite is still a 1950s era black, rotary dial, landline monster. The disadvantage: younger visitors are stumped on how to dial it. The advantages: it doesn't get hot during long phone calls and you always know where you left it.

Virgil Hervey said...

I've got one too. I keep it in my home office.