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SAN DIEGO WATER CUSTOMERS--ALERT: IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE FORM NEEDED TO PROTEST THE WATER RATE INCREASE BEFORE 11/17/09, USE OURS OR WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER TO: City Clerk, Mail Station No. 2P, City Administration Bldg., 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101. The public hearing starts at 10:00 AM. Read more
President Obama has proposed a one-time, tax-free payment of $250 for Social Security recipients in 2010 because they will not be receiving a cost-of-living adjustment because of the state of the economy. Is this a good idea?
Congress is considering the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. UCAN urges its adoption as not only in the best interest of the consumer, but also the financial industry.
AT&T and Google are currently engaged in an ongoing dispute about the rejection of the Google Voice iPhone application. Last Friday, AT&T pushed the spat further by filing documents with the FCC saying that Google Voice violates government Internet policies.
FCC Chairman Genachowski has proposed six net neutrality principles be adopted as rules by the FCC. This welcome sign for an "Open" Internet could effect everything from your home Internet Service to your cell phone and broadband data card service.
But this is just the first step. Learn about what the FCC Chairman proposes and how it affects your Internet service.
Questions raised by bloggers and online media about AT&T's role in the rejection by Apple of an Google Voice app for the Iphone, have prompted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ask the three companies "what gives." To its credit, it is good to see the FCC asking questions under the new Obama Administration. MORE
The Web site Comcastmustdie.com, created by AdAge writer Bob Garfield is history, but now it has been reincarnated as customer-circus.com. Full story.
On August 9 the lead story in the Union Tribune Business Section was about high gas and oil prices. The story closed with a quote from me that said " ... the problem is the low supply of surplus gasoline, which drives up prices." But don't think for a moment that supply and demand are responsible for oil prices. There is more to the story.
A Wisconsin city faces a 10 percent conservation requirement - about the same as San Diego - to use Great Lakes Water at a rate of about half what San Diegans do.
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