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Qwest deceptive in its complaint about city fees.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-AUG-04 		Format: Online - approximately 939 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Qwest deceptive in its complaint about city fees.(Commentary)(The company is appealing to the public after the issue already has been resolved in court)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Ken Tollenaar For The Register-Guard

On June 30, Qwest sent its Eugene customers a letter urging them to sign an initiative petition "getting rid of" an annual fee the city charges all telecommunications providers, with minor exceptions. The Qwest letter was disingenuous, to say the least.

First, a little background:

Deregulation under the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and new technologies such as wireless communications and fiber optics presented local governments with many new challenges. Cities had to revamp their regulatory programs and revenue structures to meet new federal goals and requirements, develop new programs to deal with such matters as siting of cellular phone towers, and gear up to take advantage of the new technologies.

Soon after the act was passed, the Eugene City Council established a Council Committee on Telecommunications, with councilor Nancy Nathanson as chairwoman. After...

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