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		Get Involved Guide: Wireless: Campaign Models: What to Fight For Ready to take on the cell phone companies? Want to promote public Internet access in your town? Want technology policies that improve the economic and social well-being of your community? These models and guides can help you develop a campaign and provide examples of the demands your group might want to make. What to demand from the cell phone industry and policymakers Examples of good broadband and spectrum policy How to establish a "Bill of Rights"- models from across the country What to demand from the cell phone industry and policymakers Consumers Union says that consumers need more information and better service from cell phone companies Consumers Union also suggests what the FCC and industry should do to improve cell service Verizon, Cingular and Sprint PCS are required to provide coverage maps, better service and fairer cell phone deals by 32 states - make sure they comply! Examples of good broadband and spectrum policy Ideas for better spectrum policy: notes from the 2004 Community Wireless Summit, DC policy advocates offer their suggestions. How to establish a "Bill of Rights" One strategy for holding companies accountable is a "Consumer Bill of Rights" — consumer groups and legislators working together to set the rules. Working with local advocacy groups and policymakers, an organized community group can develop a campaign for a Bill of Rights to improve cell phone and wireless services in your state. Telecom Bill of Rights sample letter to the Public Utlilites Commissioners in your state from Consumers Union Broadband Bill of Rights proposal from Center for Digital Democracy Learn from the models in these states: California: passed a Bill of Rights California Telecommunications Bill of Rights — Phone Services Comments from California consumer advocacy groups Pennsylvania: join the campaign to improve telephone service for all communities Citizens for Consumer justice: Fighting failed telephone deregulation in Pennsylvania Proposed Telecom Bill of Rights for Pennsylvania New York: new proposals to protect consumers New York's Public Utility Law Project calls for state cell phone regulation to protect low-income and rural communities The Need for Wireless Telephone Consumer Protections: A Survey of New York Residents Related Items Consumers Union's Pre Conference on International Media and Human Rights Transition to Digital TV - February 17, 2009 Democracy At Risk Freedom of Expression in Kenya and Africa Ownership Limits This story was tagged with these Community Tags African American Asian American Faith Latino Native American People with Disabilities