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Blocking AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Could Hurt Democrats, Says CWA President Cohen
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Blocking AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Could Hurt Democrats, Says CWA President Cohen

CWA President Larry Cohen warned the Obama administration and the Democratic Party that the Justice Department's suit blocking the AT&T/T-Mobile merger could have negative consequences for workers and politically. AT&T is promising job growth when the merger goes through ? something a stand-alone T-Mobile can't accomplish.

Blocking AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Could Hurt Democrats, Says CWA President Cohen

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Idaho Residents Suffer With Alarmingly Slow Internet
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Idaho Residents Suffer With Alarmingly Slow Internet

For years, Speed Matters has been campaigning for better access to high-speed broadband for all Americans, but a recent story in The New York Times revealed that we still have a long way to go. A study by Pando Networks, a file-sharing company, discovered that residents of Idaho have the overall slowest download speeds in the nation — slower than many poorer nations.

Idaho Residents Suffer With Alarmingly Slow Internet

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T-Mobile Call Center Takes Public Subsidies, Then Dumps Workers
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T-Mobile Call Center Takes Public Subsidies, Then Dumps Workers

T-Mobile has been shedding workers from a central Maine call center, even though the company had accepted millions of tax dollars to create jobs in the state. Keri Evinson, executive vice-president of Local 1400 of the Communications Workers of America, told Maine public broadcasting, that T-Mobile should either deliver the 900 jobs they've promised, or return their public subsidies.

T-Mobile Call Center Takes Public Subsidies, Then Dumps Workers

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Obama Jobs Bill Includes Allocation of Public Safety Spectrum
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Obama Jobs Bill Includes Allocation of Public Safety Spectrum

The new Obama jobs bill addresses the popular, but still not passed, first responders communications network. According to the White House: "The plan follows the model in the bipartisan legislation from Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison in including an investment to develop and deploy a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety."

Obama Jobs Bill Includes Allocation of Public Safety Spectrum

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Government static disrupts a phone connection
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Government static disrupts a phone connection

A Chicago Tribune editorial on September 12 asked the Department of Justice why it had blocked the AT&T/T-Mobile merger when there's no obvious alternative. Instead, The Tribune wrote, "In its zeal to protect consumers from price increases that may or may not have occurred in the deal's aftermath, government lawyers managed to sandbag not one but two major companies."

Government static disrupts a phone connection