AUGUSTA (AP) – Maine’s Public Advocate has come out with a new guide that provides consumers with information on the many telephone, cell phone and Internet options available to them.

The Ratewatch Telecom Guide provides up-to-date rates and major industry news, and also lists 11 relatively new broadband Internet providers who can install wireless broadband in small rural areas.

The 20-page guide is available free of of charge to all Maine residents. They can obtain the guide by writing to the Public Advocate, SHS 112, Augusta, ME 04333; sending an e-mail message to deborah.a.tondreaumaine.gov; or by accessing the Public Advocate’s Web site at www.maine.gov/meopa.

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