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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…

Congress Doesn’t Want to Let You Control Your Internet Privacy

March 27, 2017

Hey, quick question: Do you mind if I take a look at the web pages you visit, the links or ads you see and follow, what apps you use, your social security number, location history and the things you search…

The FCC Has It All Backwards on Competition and Consumers Will Pay the Price

February 28, 2017

The FCC just got a new chairman, Ajit Pai. I got to hear him talk at a recent consumer advisory meeting and I have to admit, he charmed me – at least at first. I got excited when he told…

AT&T Criticized for Opting Out of Government Program to Give Internet Subsidies to the Poor

December 14, 2016

Dallas Morning News By Melissa Repko AT&T is getting criticism from some consumer and public advocacy groups after it said it won’t participate in a government subsidy program that cut the cost of broadband internet for low-income families. The Dallas-based telecom company is…

Smart Doesn’t Solve Everything

January 4, 2016

The first two articles I read upon returning to work this morning after the holiday break (that I am fortunate enough to have) were about persistent racial discrimination against black and Latino sheet metal workers from within their own union,…

Impact of Charter Merger Already Raising Concerns of Interest Groups

August 12, 2015

CTFN By Robert W. Welkos The failed $45 billion merger of Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable never got to a vote last spring at the California Public Utilities Commission, but some think the controversy that swirled around that doomed…

FCC Wants to Help Poorest Pay for Internet Access

June 18, 2015

WRAL TechWire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — In an attempt to bridge the so-called “digital divide,” the FCC by a 3-2 vote on Thursday said it would formally consider expansion of the so-called “Lifeline” monthly communications subsidy for poorer Americans…

FCC Expands Lifeline to Include Broadband Access

June 18, 2015

Move Seen as Critical Win for Low-Income Consumers Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute today applauded the FCC’s move to increase low-income consumers’ access to broadband and help close the…

Comcast Aborts Bid to Acquire Time Warner

April 27, 2015

Asian Journal by Agnes Constante Broadband company Comcast abandoned its $45 million bid to acquire Time Warner Cable on Friday, April 24 after facing fierce opposition from consumers and a likely veto from US regulators. A consolidation of the nation’s…

If You’re Not Outraged, You’re Not Paying Attention—Which Is How Comcast Likes It.

December 29, 2014

When I first started in my field and people asked me what I did for a living, I’d tell them, “I practice telecommunications and antitrust law on behalf of consumers.” I quickly learned, however, that if you need to make…

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