CWA petitions PA Public Utility Commission to investigate, fine Verizon for dangerous conditions
Verizon?s systemic neglect of telephone infrastructure leads to broken poles, sagging cables, ungrounded conduit, and abandoned equipment that pose hazards to public safety.
Google prepares to launch broadband balloons - a loony idea?
Google is scaling up Project Loon, its year-old initiative to bring Internet access to everyone on the planet by balloon.
Flight attendants urge FCC to oppose in-flight cell phone calls to maintain flight safety
AFA-CWA met with FCC officials to oppose a proposal that would allow cell phone calls on airline flights, arguing that in-flight cell phone calls would be disruptive and enhance terrorist and cyber-warfare capabilities.
New York Public Library distributing free Wi-Fi hotspots
The New York Public Library will help to bridge the digital divide by allocating 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots to low-income families.
Google Express workers seek union
More than 140 warehouse and shipping workers have asked the Teamsters to represent them in negotiations for better wages, safer working conditions, and fairer employment agreements.
State, local, tribal governments advisory committee supports Lifeline modernization
The Intergovernmental Advisory Committee filed comments in support of the FCC?s proposal to update the Lifeline program to include broadband, agreeing that high-speed Internet is a modern communications necessity.
CWA Petitions Maryland Public Service Commission to Investigate Verizon Service Quality
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) today filed a letter with the Maryland Public Service Commission calling on the PSC to re-open an investigation into Verizon's quality of service on its copper network, which is the primary network serving much of the state, i...
Mayor of Pittsburgh calls for fines against Verizon
Mayor of Pittsburgh Bill Peduto is increasing the pressure against Verizon for failing to build FiOS service to the entire city after it promised to do so in exchange for a lucrative city-wide franchise agreement in 2009.
CWA: Verizon neglects copper lines
CWA accused Verizon of refusing to repair broken copper lines and directing customers toward Voice Link.
NYC's Verizon audit: "a litany of corporate incompetence"
The audit details Verizon's failure to provide FiOS services and questions why deregulation and competition hasn't delivered the investment and quality as promised.
Response to spectrum auction off the charts
In GigaOm, Peter Rysavy writes that the most recent auction of AWS (advanced wireless services) spectrum changed the way the industry values spectrum.
CWA, AFL-CIO: Modernize Lifeline to include broadband
In joint comments to the FCC, CWA and the AFL-CIO supported the Commission's proposal to update the Lifeline program to include broadband and promote the affordability of broadband services to low-income families.
Following DirecTV merger, AT&T expects growth in wireless video, broadband
The company is taking an integrated approach to changes in the video marketplace. In a recent statement to its investors, AT&T outlined its plans and expectations for broadband expansion over the next three years.
Googling is a bit uneven in Kansas City
As Andrew Schwartzman, long-time public interest media advocate, points out in his daily blog post, Google?s Kansas City project only benefited some.
Brooklyn CWA Cablevision workers ratify historic two-year contract
262 Brooklyn Cablevision workers voted by a strong margin at CWA Local 1109 on Saturday to ratify an historic two-year contract with the company.
New York Times op-ed: Broadband must be an infrastructure priority
The New York Times hosted an online discussion on American infrastructure priorities. Nicol Turner-Lee argued that high-speed broadband should be recognized alongside the traditional infrastructure like road and highways as vital to the people of the country.
FCC reduces reserve spectrum competition for labor law violator T-Mobile
The FCC released a list of markets where AT&T and Verizon cannot bid for reserve spectrum, clearing the way for a large victory for labor law violator T-Mobile.
T-Mobile tests net neutrality rules, raises prices on consumers
T-Mobile is introducing a new video plan to allow ?unlimited? streaming of selected video service. But consumer advocates say the plan may violate the FCC's new net neutrality rules.
CWA, AFL-CIO to FCC: Lifeline program must include broadband services
The joint Reply Comments support the FCC's proposal to update the Lifeline program and offer specific recommendations to promote the affordability of broadband services for low-income families.
New York Attorney General, consumer groups call for investigation of Verizon, NY telecom industry
In a letter to the NYPSC, Schneiderman explained that reports and public hearings aren't enough. A formal proceeding in front of an administrative judge is required "to fully understand the impact of deregulation on consumers and businesses."
Opposition to Chairman Wheeler?s ?effective competition? Order grows
U.S. Senators join to oppose FCC Chairman Wheeler's reversal of the effective competition presumption.
T-Mobile's business practices: deceptive, abusive
A coalition of civil rights, consumer, and labor organizations are calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate misleading advertisements and abusive debt collection practices at T-Mobile.
Verizon workers vote strike authorization
Eighty-six percent of Verizon workers voted over the last two weeks to authorize a strike if necessary. Their contract expires at 12 midnight on Saturday, August 1 and covers 39,000 CWA and IBEW represented telephone workers from Massachusetts to Virginia.
Broad range of groups support Lifeline for broadband
A broad range of groups supported modernization of the Lifeline low-income subsidy program in comments filed in response to the Federal Communications Commission?s (FCC) proposal to update the Lifeline program to include broadband. Modernizing the program, the groups ag...
CWA urges FCC to address Verizon abuses
In meetings with the FCC, CWA urged the agency to move forward quickly to update its rules to protect consumers during this period of transition from copper to fiber networks -- and to prevent a repeat of Verizon's controversy following Hurricane Sandy.