A group of elected officials joined members of the Communication Workers of America union to call on the Public Service Commission, the board that oversees the telecommunications industry, to conduct a sweeping investigation of the impact of its past deregulation?but took special aim Verizon, the telecommunications giant.
The ostensible purpose of the rally was to urge the PSC?a four-member panel whose commissioners the governor picks and the State Senate approves?to use an upcoming set of meetings to conduct an extensive investigation into the effects of lifting penalties for poor customer service on telephone landlines and other reductions in government intervention. But most of the event singled out the company Verizon, which has been the target of increasing criticism.