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ALEC & Your Communications: Part 1: How AT&T, ALEC and the Other Communications Companies Created Model State Legislation to Harm You

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.17.2013 | Business

Read More: Fcc, Florida, Statge Regulation, Time Warner, Comcast, AT&T, Centurylink, Wisconsin, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, Verizon, Prwatch, Business News

The incumbent phone companies were supposed to compete with each other for wireline/broadband services as each merger to make these companies larger was based on commitments to compete out of region. Now it's all one, big, happy family.

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Regulatory Capture of the FCC -- Time to Clean House

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.25.2013 | Business

AT&T, with the help of Verizon and the cable companies have 'captured' the FCC -- and have been able to get the federal agency to create and shape a working group designed specifically to remove all regulations and obligations.

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The New 'Digital Dead Zones' and Removing Your Rights to Communicate: Deny the AT&T FCC Petition Now

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 04.27.2013 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, Cable Service, AT&T, Complaints, Fiber Optic, Centurylink, Price Increases, Copper, Phone, Alec, Pstn, Wireline, Verizon, Wireless, Set Top Box, Bandwidth Cap, Technology News

AT&T, Verizon and Centurylink, who are corporate sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), have declared war on the American public.

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AT&T Among Internet Providers Not Delivering The Speeds They Advertise: FCC

The Huffington Post | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.15.2013 | Technology

Read More: Internet Speeds, Verizon Fios, Verizon, Fcc, Broadband Speeds, Cablevision, Advertising, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Internet Service Providers, High Speed Internet, Centurylink, Qwest, Comcast, Comcast Xfinity, Technology News

Some Internet providers, notably AT&T, are still not delivering the speeds they advertise to consumers, according to a new report by the Federal Commu...

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Please, Sir, May I Have Another?

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 06.18.2012 | Politics

Read More: Telecommunications, Verizon, At&T, Telecom, Telephone, Verizon Fios, Verizon Services, Fiber Optic Cables, Landline, Centurylink, Verizon Wireless, Phone Service, Politics News

For the last 20 years, the nation's major telecom companies have been playing the public and regulatory officials for fools. Now they're claiming they shouldn't be obliged to provide affordable landline service to everyone anymore, as they take the money and run to wireless.

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Sign Of The Times (UPDATE)

Posted 10.09.2011 | Denver

Denver -- bright lights, big city? For a capitol that seeks to push an upscale cow-town image, Denver's skyline has an impressive collection of archi...

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Sign Of The Times -- And The Times Are Changing

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.06.2011 | Denver

Denver -- bright lights, big city? For a capitol that seeks to push an upscale cow-town image, Denver's skyline has more impressive architecture than...

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Community Broadband Beats Cable, DSL Companies in Speed, Price

Christopher Mitchell | Posted 09.05.2011 | Technology

Read More: Broadband, Community Network, Time Warner Cable, Video, Centurylink, Fiber Optic Cables, AT&T, North Carolina, Technology News

With the vast majority of Americans greatly overpaying for slow and unreliable broadband compared to connections in Europe and Asia, hundreds of communities have started building their own networks. And the industry is fighting back.

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CenturyLink Completes $12.2B Acquisition Of Qwest

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 06.01.2011 | Denver

Read More: Centurylink, Qwest Sale, Qwest, Denver News

NEW YORK -- CenturyLink says it has completed its purchase of Qwest, combining the country's third- and fourth-largest traditional phone companies int...

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FCC Approves Qwest Sale

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Fcc, Centurylink, Qwest Sale, Qwest, Denver News

NEW YORK — Federal regulators on Friday approved CenturyLink Inc.'s acquisition of Qwest Communications International Inc., on the condition tha...

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Qwest Shareholders Reach Settlement In Suit Over Merger

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Centurylink, Qwest Merger, Qwest Lawsuit, Qwest, Denver News

DENVER — A federal judge in Denver has approved a settlement of a class-action lawsuit by shareholders who challenged the proposed merger of Cen...

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Qwest Gives Top Execs Millions In Tax Breaks

The Denver Post | Andy Vuong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Read More: Centurylink, Qwest Execs Tax Breaks, Qwest, Ed Mueller, Denver News

Four days before Christmas, Qwest gift-wrapped millions of dollars in tax breaks for top executives in a move that included a special waiver from the ...

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