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Consumers Union Unveils New Poll Results in Online Privacy Hearing Testimony
Two-thirds of consumers say government should help safeguard online privacy
Categories: Internet
Tags: Congress, Consumer, Internet, Online Privacy
Legislation Would Allow Consumers to Know Actual Speed of 4G Service Before They Buy
Do you understand what all those ads about “4G” wireless service actually mean in terms of how quickly you can actually download a video or cruise around the Internet? Of course you don’t. Neither do we. But under newly-proposed legislation in Congress, retailers and wireless providers would be required by law to provide consumers more complete Continue Reading
Categories: Internet
Tags: Consumer, High Speed Internet, Internet, ISP, wireless
AT&T Systematically Overcharges for Data, According to Lawsuit
An NBC news report about a lawsuit brought against AT&T Mobility over alleged, systematic overbilling on iPhones and iPads points up yet again the need for careful government scrutiny and rejection of that company’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile. It also drives home the need for the Federal Communications Commission to expeditiously put in place proposed Continue Reading
Categories: Internet, Phone
Tags: AT&T, competition, Consumer, Internet, iPhone, truth in billing, wireless
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
Consumer groups: Kerry-McCain online privacy bill “an important step forward”
News Release Consumers Union – Consumer Federation of America Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Consumer groups: Kerry-McCain online privacy bill “an important step forward” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and Consumer Federation of America today praised Senators John Kerry and John McCain for introducing bipartisan legislation to provide safeguards for Continue Reading
Categories: Internet
Tags: Congress, Internet, Online Privacy
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
Consumers Union Statement on House Vote to Repeal FCC Net Neutrality Rules
News Release Consumers Union – Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports Friday, April 8, 2011 Media Contact: David Butler, dbutler@consumer.org, or Kara Kelber, kkelber@consumer.org, 202-462-6262 Consumers Union Statement on House Vote to Repeal FCC Net Neutrality Rules WASHINGTON, D.C — Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, today expressed disappointment following a House vote Continue Reading
Categories: Cable & Satellite, Internet
Tags: competition, Consumer, Internet, Network Neutrality
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
