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IP Transition Requires Smart, Fact-Based Strategy to Boost Broadband Opportunity

David Honig | Posted 04.10.2013 | Technology
Read More: Fcc, IP Transition, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, Pstn, Federal Communications Commission, IP Networks, Mmtc, Broadband, Public Switched Telephone Networks, Internet Protocol, Ip, Digital Divide, Technology News
David Honig

Nobody should be left behind; nobody should lose voice service; and every American, including people of color, should experience the opportunities that are possible in the all-IP world we are entering now.

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Regulatory Capture of the FCC -- Time to Clean House

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business
Read More: Fcc, American Legislative Exchange Council, Regulatory Reform, Pstn, Technical Advisory Council, Tom Wheeler, U-Verse, Internet, Regulatory Capture, AT&T, Comcast, Centurylink, Copper, Alec, Voip, Verizon, Broadband, Chairman Julius Genachowski, Phone Companies, Cable Companies, Technology Transitions Task Force, Business News
Bruce Kushnick

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
Bruce Kushnick

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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Dear Telecom Unions: Time to Fight for the Public Switched Network Infrastructure & Technology (PSNIT) -- The State-based Utility Wires

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 04.22.2013 | Technology
Read More: Fcc, Verizon, Fiber Optic, Pstn, Legislation, New York, Internet, AT&T, Broadband, Cable, New Jersey, Ibew, Copper, Unions, Staff Cuts, Phone, Alec, Cwa, Technology News
Bruce Kushnick

The real question is: Are the unions going take an active role in stopping the closing down of the networks? Are they going to help to get the networks get upgraded?

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AT&T's FCC Petition Should Be Denied: AT&T Should be Investigated

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 04.16.2013 | Business
Read More: U-Verse, Fcc, AT&T, Fiber Optic, Rural America, Phone Service, Internet, Alec, Pstn, Verizon, Broadband, Voip, Business News
Bruce Kushnick

We request that the FCC immediately start investigating AT&T's business practices as well as the company's failure to supply material and essential facts about their deployment of U-Verse.

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AT&T U-verse Is a Copper-Based PSTN Service: Lawmakers and the Media Were Duped.

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business
Read More: Public Switched Telephone Networks, Fcc, AT&T, Fiber Optics, Pstn, Texas, Copper Wire, Pots, Voip, Bait-and-Switch, Psnit, Business News
Bruce Kushnick

I just made a rather disturbing finding. AT&T's U-verse service -- its broadband, internet and TV service -- is a copper-to-the-home service. More importantly, it is a fiber-to-the-press-release.

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What Are the Public Switched Telephone Networks, 'PSTN' and Why You Should Care?

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 03.09.2013 | Business
Read More: Pots, Internet, Fcc, Broadband, Net Neutrality, AT&T, Information Service, Rural America, Pstn, Verizon, Regulation, Access Lines, Public Switched Telephone Networks, Voip, Tdm, Business News
Bruce Kushnick

It appears that you can fool most of the people most of the time. AT&T has proven that if you spend a boatload of money and repeat the same deceptive statements over and over, the public will believe anything you want them to.

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AT&T's $14 Billion Dollar 'Bribe' to Get Rid of Telecom Regulations Is a Multi-Layered Hoax

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 01.09.2013 | Business
Read More: Fcc, Fiber Optic, Economy, AT&T, Utilities, Dsl, Regulation, Rural America, Internet Freedom, California, Phone Bills, Alec, Internet, Broadband, Overcharging, Pstn, Business News
Bruce Kushnick

Kushnick's Law states: "A regulated company will always renege on promises to provide public benefits tomorrow in exchange for regulatory and financia...

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