On AlterNet: wireless

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

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?

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.

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.

White House Wants to Wiretap Internet Communications

AFPSeptember 27, 2010.

The Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet, including email exchanges and social networks.

Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America

Megan Tady, Internet for Everyone. April 14, 2009.

Even in some of our most tech-savvy wired cities, millions of people do not have high-speed Internet in their homes or businesses.