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**Critical consumer protections and safeguards are not yet provided in the CPUC Staff Proposal, such as independent verification of carrier claims, and assurances that essential services are actually provided in practice.
**The COLR Staff Proposal omits consideration of already-marginalized EHS/EMR-S Californians who cannot tolerate wireless emissions and must have fully-wired connectivity for both voice and internet. Nowhere in the Proposal is there acknowledgement of these critical needs. No explanation is made of exactly how wireless-dependent technology included in Modernized Essential Services could functionally replace the wireline voice service and DSL internet on which this often low-income population depends. Already, people who experience EMR-S (Electromagnetic RadiationSyndrome) confront physical and financial barriers in modifying their environment to adequately protect their health.
**The Proposal does not describe specific actions the CPUC will take to enforce requirements when the carrier fails to meet them. Ample evidence exists from Public Participation Hearings and docket comments, that the CPUC has allowed AT&T to neglect infrastructure maintenance, cause landline service to degrade and refuse new connections and modifications to customers.
**Voice over Internet Protocol(VoIP) is NOT functionally equivalent to Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS). VoIP cannot serve as a replacement for traditional wireline voice service. Wireline connection is resilient in emergency conditions and can be life-saving, whereas the limitations of Voice over Internet Protocol can render this technology to be life-threatening.
**Essential voice service must remain available during extended power outages, must reliably support access to 911 and other emergency services and function consistently within indoor environments.The Proposal does not ensure that customers will actually be able to access or operate backup power equipment, for example, or that customers will not face unreasonable costs or other barriers.
Item #3 reports on the tech that ICE uses to create a surveillance ecosystem. Yikes. Another reason to learn to live without a smartphone.
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