On AlterNet: mobile

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Why Mobility in America Is in the Dumpster

Tina Dupuy, TinaDupuy.com. May 20, 2012.

We have the ability -- the freedom -- to roam more now than ever before. And yet our upward mobility is standing still.

Internet Access for All: 3 Ways the FCC is Trying to Close the Digital Divide

Jamilah King, ColorLines. January 16, 2012.

Here are a few of the FCC’s efforts to deal with the digital divide—the good and the bad of each.

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?

Can an Occupation Movement Survive if it No Longer Occupies a Space? Lessons from Across the Land

Arun Gupta, Salon. November 27, 2011.

Protesters around the country have been cleared out of their occupied public spaces, but some of the smaller occupations could hold lessons for next steps.

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.

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.