infrastructure Minnesota AG's report reveals big telcos are literally letting their infrastructure rot Cory Doctorow
transparency Laramie County, Wyoming Sheriffs' department blocks public records requests for their prison phone monopoly deal Cory Doctorow
Business Scammy phone company Centurylink: "No one can sue us because we don't have any customers" Cory Doctorow
law Lobbyist for AT&T and Verizon publishes a threat to "aggressively" sue any states that pass net neutrality laws Cory Doctorow
corruption Despite the FCC, more than 750 predominantly conservative US communities have built their own publicly owned ISPs Cory Doctorow
politics Tim Wu runs for New York State Lieutenant Governor, promising to clamp down on big business Cory Doctorow
law FCC Net Neutrality rules are dead, but they sucked anyway: time for some better ones Cory Doctorow
corruption Telcos lobby North Carolina to make community Internet illegal, then abandon the state to second-worst Internet in the country Cory Doctorow
politics Democrats propose making it illegal for telcos to shut off internet service in a pandemic Xeni Jardin
cable company fuckery Consumer Reports documents the deceptive cable industry practices used to hike real prices 24% over advertised ones Cory Doctorow
Business Ajit Pai promised that killing Net Neutrality would spur investment and improve service: a year later, service and investment have declined Cory Doctorow
cable company fuckery Why is there so much antitrust energy for Big Tech but not for Big Telco? Cory Doctorow
Business Big Tech: "If the USA enforces antitrust laws against us, it means China will win!" Cory Doctorow