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2009-09-22
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Statement from Amina Fazlullah, Media and Telecommunications Counsel for U.S. Public Interest Research Group, on Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s (R-TX) amendment which would thwart the Obama administration’s attempt to promote a fair and open internet | |
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2009-09-21
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On the eve of One Web Day, public interest groups are urging Congress to support the National Broadband Plan. | |
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2009-09-01
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A coalition of ten consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today called on Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer privacy in response to threats from the growing practices of online behavioral tracking and targeting.
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2009-07-30
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The Internet Freedom Preservation Act introduced by Reps. Markey and Eshoo promotes and preserves a fair and open Internet that will protect every American voice online. | |
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2008-02-13
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Retail sales clerks are providing inaccurate or misleading information about the upcoming digital transition and these mixed signals will cost consumers time and money, according to a new report released today by U.S. PIRG. | |
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2008-02-13
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U.S. PIRG’s small but hearty crew unearthed problems the entire consumer electronics industry
and the Federal government have not fully confronted: yet another weak link in the national
effort to help millions of Americans weather the DTV transition. | |
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2007-03-15
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AT&T/Cingular recently began blocking phone numbers on its wireless service used by consumers to access free conference call services, such as those provided by Free Conference Call.com. | |
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2007-01-02
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Late Thursday night AT&T filed a letter of commitment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finally declaring that it would keep the Internet open and free of gatekeepers by agreeing to follow Net Neutrality as one of several additional conditions proposed at the eleventh hour to gain final FCC approval of its proposed $85 billion dollar merger with Bell South. | |
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2006-08-08
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PennPIRG’s Beth McConnell will testify before the state Senate Communications and Technology Committee on August 8th, urging the committee to promote competition in the cable market and protect consumers from unfair cable pricing and practices. | |
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2005-08-03
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With competition growing for the market of combined television, internet and phone services, phone companies are in a pitched battle in the Texas Legislature with the cable industry over local telecommunications controls. | |
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2005-06-15
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WASHINGTON, DC Â Three leading consumer groups today urged the United States Department of
Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject the merger applications of SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI, calling both deals irreparably anti-competitive and harmful to consumers. | |
