Rep. Rick Rand on Telephone Deregulation Bill I Legislative Update I KET
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Channel: KET - Kentucky Educational Television · 2015 · News & Politics
KY House Approves Telephone Deregulation and Beer Bills House budget chairman Rick Rand (D-Bedford) reasons that deregulation of the telecommunications industry in Kentucky will bolster business investment and create more jobs in the Commonwealth. Recognizing the intense lobbying efforts by AT&T, Rand’s House Bill 152 is so nicknamed. The “AT&T bill” would end the obligation of the major phone carriers – AT&T, Windstream and Cincinnati Bell – to provide basic service in urban areas or areas with more than 15,000 households. Critics fear those who depend the most on landlines will be left holding the phone and worry that consumer protections of phone service will be stripped away from the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Representative Rand tried to allay those fears when he presented the bill on the House floor this afternoon. --- Learn more about KET's programs at http://www.ket.org/video/ Visit KET's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KET Subscribe to the KET channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ketvideos
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