Consumers Union is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves.
Broadband
Pair of Proposed Bills Would Help Protect Consumer Online Privacy
A pair of online privacy bills recently introduced in the Senate would go a long way in protecting consumers when they use the Internet. One of the bills – called the “Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011” and introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia – would give consumers a simple, easy means to control Continue Reading
Categories: Internet, Uncategorized
Tags: Broadband, Consumer, Federal Trade Commission, Internet, Online Privacy, Regulation
AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Tips the Scales against Consumers, Says New Ad from Consumers Union
NEWS RELEASE Consumers Union – Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports Thursday, April 14, 2011 Contact: David Butler (dbutler@consumer.org), Kara Kelber (kkelber@consumer.org): 202-462-6262 AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Tips the Scales against Consumers, Says New Ad from Consumers Union WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress prepares to hold a hearing on the AT&T/T-Mobile deal next month, Consumers Union unveiled a Continue Reading
Categories: Internet, Phone
Tags: AT&T, Bill Shock, Broadband, competition, Consumer, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Regulation, wireless
Consumers Union Warns Congress that AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger means Higher Prices, Less Satisfied Customers
News Release Consumers Union – Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Consumers Union Warns Congress that AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger means Higher Prices, Less Satisfied Customers WASHINGTON – Recent surveys show wireless consumers who choose T-Mobile have access to lower priced plans and are more satisfied with their service than AT&T customers, according Continue Reading
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone
Tags: AT&T, Broadband, competition, Congress, Consumer, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, ISP, Regulation, wireless
Blogging to You Live from the National Conference for Media Reform
Good morning everyone. We are blogging for you live from the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston. We’re just getting started on the session we are co-sponsoring called “Mobile Phones, Mobile Justice.” Things are cranking up now and we will be your eyes and ears here for the next three hours. Here we go…. Continue Reading
Categories: Internet, Phone, Uncategorized
Tags: Broadband, competition, Consumer, Internet, ISP, Regulation, wireless
HearUsNow.org Will be Live Blogging from NCMR
HearUsNow.org is heading up to Boston this weekend and will be live blogging from the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform. If you can’t be there, we hope you will follow the action on our blog. We will be focusing on a panel we are co-sponsoring on Saturday morning titled “Mobile Voices, Mobile Justice: A Continue Reading
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone, TV & Radio, Uncategorized
Tags: Broadband, competition, Consumer, Digital Divide, early termination fees, Federal Communications Commission, High Speed Internet, Internet, ISP, Network Neutrality, wireless
What is Network Neutrality?
What is network neutrality and what does it mean to consumers?
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, TV & Radio
Tags: Broadband, Comcast, competition, Consumer, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, ISP, Network Neutrality, Regulation, verizon, wireless
Reclassification of Broadband Service by the FCC
What is reclassification and what does it mean for consumers?
Categories: Internet
Tags: Broadband, competition, Consumer, Federal Communications Commission, Genachowski, High Speed Internet, Regulation
Consumer Groups Say Regulators’ Conditions for Comcast-NBC Come with Real Strings Attached
WASHINGTON, D.C, January 18, 2011 — As federal regulators today moved toward approval of Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal, Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said the approval is coming with some real strings attached. CU and CFA had expressed objections to combining the nation’s largest broadband and cable provider with one of the largest content owners, concerned that a combination this large could constrict competition and choice, and lead to higher cable and broadband prices for consumers.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone, TV & Radio
Tags: Broadband, Cable Rates, Comcast, High Speed Internet, NBC
Consumers Union Statement on FCC Order on Comcast-NBC
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2010 – Parul P. Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, made the following statement today as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) circulates an order among the commissioners to approve Comcast’s proposed buyout of NBC Universal with certain conditions.
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet, Phone, TV & Radio
Tags: Broadband, Cable Rates, Comcast, competition, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, NBC, Online Video, Regulation
Verizon-Google Proposal for Web Traffic: Statement by Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America
August 9th, 2010; WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, and Consumer Federation of America today expressed serious concerns about a proposed arrangement by Verizon and Google to handle web traffic. Consumer groups have advocated for “net neutrality” rules to maintain an open Internet where consumers can choose web content and applications without restrictions imposed by their Internet service providers.
Categories: Internet
Tags: Broadband, Google, National Broadband Plan, Network Neutrality, Regulation, verizon
