Series II: C &P TELEPHONE: VIRGINIA CONSUMER COUNCIL

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This series is arranged alphabetically in 5 archival boxes and contains advertisements, clippings, correspondence, guidelines and procedures, legal materials, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, publications, press releases, reports, and surveys. The Consumer Council board was formed to develop and recommend policy changes to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and consisted of members from business, consumer groups, senior citizens, disabled and grassroots groups. Hall served on the committee from 1982-1992. Issues addressed by the Council include deregulation of the telephone industry, rate increases, telemarketing fraud, and services for the disabled. Included are acts regarding telephone solicitation and pay per call services before the Virginia General Assembly, and comments by the Virginia State Corporation Commission concerning the AT&T and Department of Justice consent decree. Also included are minutes, reports, and surveys of the Lifeline Telephone Service Committee, a committee formed to study providing low-cost telephone services and low connection fees for the elderly and poor in Virginia. The series also contains information on a variety of C&P telephone services, including caller id, extended local area calling, and operator assistance. Also includes the C&P newsletters, "Fast Facts," "C&P Scene," and "Bell Atlantic Times."

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