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How Anticorporate Sentiment Might Just Have Killed the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. December 6, 2011.

AT&T withdrew its application from the FCC to take over T-Mobile. So is the merger dead? And if so, who killed it?

New Evidence Calls Into Question Claim that AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Will Create Jobs

Akito Yoshikane, In These Times. September 9, 2011.

Despite claims by T-Mobile and AT&T, job losses in the proposed merger could exceed job gains.

New Information On AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Proves It's About Eliminating Competition, Jobs

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 16, 2011.

AT&T claims its purchase of T-Mobile will create jobs--but history shows it's far more likely to eliminate them.

Progressives Split over AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: While Fighting Monopolies, Don't Forget Workers

Josh Eidelson, Arguing the World/Dissent Magazine. July 6, 2011.

Progressive groups find themselves on opposite sides over the merger of two telecom giants; do they support it and the possible spread of unions, or fight corporate consolidation?

The Smart Phone Con Job: Your So-Called 4G Phone Isn't What It's Cracked Up To Be

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 30, 2011.

4G wireless is supposed to be cutting-edge, super-fast technology better than most home broadband. But mobile companies mostly aren't delivering on the promise.

Shills R Us: Organizations That Get AT&T Cash Endorse its Mega-Merger with T-Mobile

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

A growing number of nonprofits are recipients of AT&T grants; are they violating their IRS nonprofit status by shilling for the company's interests?

The Secret $8 Billion Wireless Scam: How AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Game the System

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 16, 2011.

Telecom giants Verizon and AT&T have gamed the system, using regulations designed to foster competition to snatch up ever more of the wireless spectrum.

As AT&T and T-Mobile Edge Closer to Merger, What's In It For Customers? Very Little

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. June 9, 2011.

Telecom companies are rigging the game to make bigger profits on mostly-unregulated wireless, even as giant mergers eliminate most competition.

Do You Want Two Companies Controlling 80% of the Nation's Cellphone's Market?

Jenn Ettinger, Other Words. May 31, 2011.

The AT&T/T-Mobile deal would eliminate a competitor and leave two wireless giants with unprecedented power.

It's Time to Break Up AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and the Rest of the Telecoms

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. May 11, 2011.

Today's telecoms provide overpriced and inferior service, and are systematically overcharging the hapless American consumer.

5 Despicable Things About AT&T's Mega-Merger With T-Mobile

Timothy Karr, S. Derek Turner, Free Press. April 7, 2011.

Consolidation of the scale being proposed by AT&T resembles the old railroad and oil trusts of the 19th century.

How Comcast, AT&T and Big Telecoms Threaten the Reach of Progressive Artists

Eric K. Arnold, New America Media. December 5, 2010.

If big internet service providers have their way, they'll be able to choose which artists you get to hear and see on the media platforms from which art goes viral.

Cable Companies' $46+ Billion Robbery -- Subscribers Have Been Ripped off for $5 a Month Since 2000

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. November 8, 2010.

The cable companies are diverting money that is intended to improve infrastructure, creating a perpetual cash machine for greedy execs.

Greedy Telecoms Are Using an African-American Front Group to Fight Net Neutrality

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. August 23, 2010.

The Alliance for Digital Equality claims to expand broadband to minority communities. In fact, they're a corporate lobbying entity that opposes policies that would do just that.

The Infuriating Cell Phone Racket

Scott Thill, AlterNet. May 29, 2010.

If you're not already angry with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint -- here's some ridiculous news to raise your righteous ire.

How the FCC Can Protect the Internet from Pro-Corporate Judges and Greedy Telecoms

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. April 15, 2010.

Net neutrality ensures a fair Internet. The telecom industry has the money and power to make sure that doesn't happen -- but the people (and the FCC) can fight back.

Rare Reversal Against Government Spying -- Judge Rules Feds Illegally Wiretapped Islamic Charity

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. April 1, 2010.

The National Security Agency broke the law when it wiretapped Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation's phones, the U.S. District Court ruled Wednesday.

8 Steps the Department of Justice Could Take to Reform Farming

Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet. March 16, 2010.

If our farmers are going to survive, large agricultural companies need oversight and regulation -- not free rein on the market.

AT&T's Hilarious and Shameless Astroturfing (or Sock-Puppeting)

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 20, 2009.

Now that the FCC is articulating its commitment to a free and open Internet, watch the ISPs freak out.

Unmasking Astroturf: Smear Campaigns Threaten Health Care and Net Neutrality

Timothy Karr, Free Press. August 21, 2009.

If you haven't been paying attention to the rise of Astroturf in Washington, in the media and at your local town hall meeting, now's the time to tune in.

Obama Lawyers Invoke "State Secrets" to Block Warrantless Spying Lawsuit

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 6, 2009.

It's not the first time Obama's DOJ has employed the tactic so often used by the Bush administration to block accountability for government crimes.

Telecoms' Holy Grail of Internet Profits Is the Next Frontier in Corporate Spying

Timothy Karr, Huffington Post. October 15, 2008.

"Simply put, Deep Packet Inspection is the Internet equivalent of the postal service reading your mail."

Bloggers Bust Up Telecom Blue Dog Party in Denver

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. August 25, 2008.

If these Conservative Dems are eating AT&T's cocktail weenies, they shouldn't be afraid to let their telecom flag fly.