As a non-partisan, grass roots coalition it is thought that:

* For a region to remain competitive in the global marketplace and to expand the economy and provide for new jobs, the elected officials and the  Public Utilities Commission must guarantee choice in local phone service for all consumers and businesses.

* A truly open and competitive phone marketplace is the only way to ensure more competitive prices, advanced technology, and superior service for all consumers.

* To end monopoly control of local phone service, the current local phone company monopoly, , must end the numerous delays and stalling tactics it has used to prevent customers from easily and quickly switching to the local service provider of their choice.

* The only incentive for local phone companies to end monopoly practices that limit competition remains the prospect of entering the long distance market ñ after the local monopolies have fully opened their local markets. Absent this incentive, Californians will remain under local monopoly control and never experience the benefits of real consumer choice.