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Proposal to Double Local Phone Charges Passes in Florida Senate.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2003
By Bob Mahlburg, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 1--TALLAHASSEE -- A proposal that would double local phone charges in Florida sailed through the state Senate on a 27-12 vote Wednesday, and advocates on both sides of the contentious issue predicted it would soon become law.
The plan would boost the average monthly bill for basic phone service by $3 to $7.25 per month during the next four years and increase it another 20 percent every year after that, a House staff analysis found.
Consumer groups said the Senate vote was their only chance to stop the telephone-industry-backed measure that would produce the highest phone-rate increases in state history. The House had not voted on the measure late...
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