Opinion: Consumers suffer under California broadband deregulation

July 14, 2019

Mercury News By VINHCENT LE and SEAN MCLAUGHLIN   In 2012, California decided to deregulate the broadband internet industry until 2020 with the aim of encouraging greater consumer choice, economic growth and innovation. Eight years later, these benefits have not materialized. Instead internet…
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Trump’s War On People Of Color Reaches Your Smartphone

May 3, 2017

Huffington Post By Orson Aguilar I’ve written a couple of times about how the policies coming from the Trump administration and the current Congress amount to a war on communities of color. That war has now reached your smartphone –…
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Ajit Pai’s Dismantling of Net Neutrality Amounts to War on Consumers

March 20, 2017

The Hill By Paul Goodman Imagine that you picked up the phone to order a pizza and were told that the phone company would only connect your call to a pizza place owned by the brother of the phone company’s CEO.…
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Trump Team Limits Internet Access for Those Who Need it Most

March 14, 2017

Miami Herald By Paul Goodman In today’s tech-powered economy, functioning without a reliable, high-speed internet connection, known as broadband, is almost impossible. But the Trump administration and the Republican Congress are waging attacks on nearly everything that keeps broadband affordable…
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Sandoval Brings Trust, Integrity to PUC Work

July 7, 2016

Mercury News By Paul Goodman Sandoval brings trust, integrity to PUC work The Mercury News (“To restore trust, change PUC culture,” Editorial, July 1) claims that California Public Utilities Commissioner Catherine Sandoval is not working in the public interest. Nothing…
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The State of Our Fragmented Union

January 12, 2016

The Huffington Post By Orson Aguilar This evening, President Obama will give his final State of the Union address. These addresses often have an optimistic spin, and particularly so as a president nears the end of his term and seeks…
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Fingerprinting Lyft Drivers Hurts Disadvantaged Communities

July 16, 2015

San Jose Mercury News by Orson Aguilar As ridesharing services provided by transportation network companies expand and California sorts out how to regulate this new industry, we must ensure that all communities have access to the economic and transportation opportunities…
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Ben Benavidez and Orson Aguilar: CPUC Should Reject Comcast/Time Warner Merger

March 19, 2015

The Fresno Bee by Ben Benavidez and Orson Aguilar The California Public Utilities Commission must act to stop the digital divide from getting worse by saying “no” to the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Any other move…
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California and the Proposed Comcast–Time Warner Cable Merger

January 29, 2015

The Post News Group by Paul Goodman, Michael McCauley, Bruce Mirken, Tracy Rosenberg, Mindy Spatt, and Sarah Swanbeck. Federal regulators are currently reviewing the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, which would combine the two largest providers of…
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New Communications Revolution Must Benefit Everyone

January 16, 2015

The Fresno Bee by Orson Aguilar One hundred years ago, a communications revolution began. Recent leaps in technology have created a new communications revolution, but we must act to keep its benefits within reach of all. On Jan. 25, 1915,…
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