On AlterNet: telecom

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "telecom"

Telecom Rip-Off: The Hidden Fees in Your Wireless and Phone Bills

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. February 12, 2012.

The telecom industry is squeezing more money out of customers without delivering any new or improved service.

OccupyTelecom, Occupy the FCC: How the Communications Trust is Harming America’s Future

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. November 17, 2011.

The telecom trust’s use of the FCC to raise your rates is a direct example of how corporate greed impacts each of us.

The Telecom Scam: 5 Behemoths That Strangle Innovation and Ensure You Pay Too Much for Bad Service

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

America’s communications system is in crisis, hijacked by a handful of giant companies coddled by the agencies that are supposed to regulate them.

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.

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.

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.

Police Downloading Your Data off Your Phone After Pulling You Over -- A Nightmare Reality

Juan Cole, Truthdig. April 20, 2011.

Obama is siding with police who want to use GPS devices to track you without a warrant.

How Comcast and Huge Telecom Players' Latest Gambit Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It

David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick, AlterNet. December 21, 2010.

The telecom wars are heating up and the American Internet user is the proverbial pig on the spit.

Telco PACs Gave $8K to Dems Who Changed Their Vote on FISA

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. June 24, 2008.

How much is the Fourth Amendment worth? For some Dems, less than a compact car.

Fisa Fiasco, Continued

Christy Hardin Smith, June 20, 2008.

Firedoglake liveblogs the House debate.

Wiretapping at Its Worst

Brian Beutler, Media Consortium. October 24, 2007.

A revolving door between the telecommunications industry and federal government ensures that the doors to your personal privacy are wide open.

Rural America Is Being Left off the Information Superhighway

Steve Early, The Nation. May 19, 2007.

Verizon's proposed plan of a $2.7 billion transfer of local access lines to FairPoint Communications -- a small, largely nonunion North Carolina firm -- is part of a nationwide trend toward rural telecom redlining.