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Many Seek to Shape NTIA Infrastructure Rules

State and local governments sought close coordination as billions of broadband dollars come from the federal infrastructure law, in comments we received. Comments are due Friday on NTIA’s request for

Calif. ICS Authority Stops at Voice, Companies Warn

Consumer and prison inmate advocates urged the California Public Utilities Commission to regulate video calling and other non-voice services used by incarcerated people to communicate with their families. But big

Phone companies’ unlisted-numbers fees are unjustifiable

By David Lazarus, Contact Reporter for LA Times Imagine if you had to pay extra to not have anchovies on your pizza. Or to not have flames painted on the

Will AT&T follow Verizon in selling its California landline network?

Frontier Communications’ bumpy takeover of Verizon’s landlines in California raises a question about the fate of the state’s other big controller of copper wires. Is AT&T also looking to unload

Podcast: Learn more about LifeLine phone service

Understanding the Lifeline program The United States has long recognized that everyone should have access to a telephone and has established a variety of government programs to achieve that end.

AT&T is Holding Customers Hostage & Robbing Them Blind

Is AT&T holding you hostage and robbing you blind? AT&T customers recently received an unwelcome New Year’s missive from their phone company, announcing that rates for local landline service in

California’s Poorest Protest Lifeline Changes

Report and video clip of recent CPUC meetings on proposed changes to the LifeLine Program. Seniors, SRO residents and their supporters dominated a meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission

BLACKOUT: The Cost of Wireless: Less Reliable

The recent power outage in much of Southern California taught cell phone users a discomfiting lesson: Cell phones aren’t a substitute for old-fashioned wired phone service. Not only are the

Families Of Prisoners Need Affordable Phone Service, Not Rip-Offs

Inmates at California’s state prisons have long complained about the difficulty and expense of making pay phone calls from inside their lockups to their friends, families and lawyers. RICHMOND (CBS

Could The California PUC Spoil The AT&T/T-Mobile Union?

A five-person panel in California could be the wrench in the works of AT&T’s bid for T-Mobile. SAN FRANCISCO—A five-person panel in California could be the wrench in the works

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