p2pnet.net News:- Californians are the first in America to get a cellular customer Bill of Rights.

But governor Arnold Schwarzenegger believes the new regulations will "harm California’s already tenuous relationship with high tech industries" giving them "yet another reason" to terminate their business arrangements.

New Public Utilities Commission rules enable consumers to cancel their wireless contracts within 30 days of signing on, writes Eric Lin in The Feature here.

"It also forces carriers to clearly state their rates as well as critical contract terms in normal size print on their websites (no more fine print)," he says.

"Companies will no longer be able to lump ‘recovery fees’ in with taxes or other government fees on bills. Opponents say these new terms will create costly changes that the companies will have to pass on to the consumer. However many of the larger wireless operators already meet at least some of the requirements of the new law, though few meet them all or meet them fully."

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