Communications Workers of America
CWA Urges Senate to Confirm Gigi Sohn to FCC with Six-Figure Ad Buy
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) launched a six-figure digital advertising campaign aimed at securing Gigi Sohn’s [Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society] confirmation to the Federal Communications Commission.
CWA to FCC: Don't limit contribution base reform to revenues from broadbandproviders alone (Communications Workers of America)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/14/2022 - 15:10Lumen’s Digital Disparity: Underinvestment in Infrastructure and Discrimination
Lumen Technologies is worsening the digital divide and failing its customers and workers by not investing adequately in the essential fiber-optic buildout that is the standard for broadband networks worldwide.
Communications Workers of America Launches Multi-State Effort to Regulate Broadband, Close Digital Divide
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) launched an ambitious multi-state effort to pass state legislation that would establish public utility commission oversight of broadband in public safety, network resiliency and consumer protection.
CWA to Biden: Pick Rosenworcel to be FCC chair (Communications Workers of America)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 14:59AT&T’s Digital Redlining Leaving Communities Behind for Profit
AT&T has made fiber-to-the-home available to fewer than a third of the households in its footprint. Across rural counties in AT&T’s footprint, only 5 percent of households have access to fiber. For 28 percent of the households in its network footprint, AT&T’s internet service does not meet the FCC’s 25/3 Mbps benchmark to be considered broadband. AT&T prioritizes network upgrades to wealthier areas, leaving lower income communities with outdated technologies -- households with fiber available have median income 34 percent higher than those with DSL only.
Congress Should Not Use COVID-19 Recovery Money to Fund T-Mobile’s Merger Commitments
The Communications Workers of America (CWA), New America’s Open Technology Institute, the Rural Wireless Association, NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association, the American Economic Liberties Project, and Free Press Action sent a letter calling on Congress to ensure that T-Mobile does not receive COVID-19 recovery funding to meet the merger specific build-out commitments it agreed to when it sought approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger from the Federal Communications Commission, Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and state public utilities commissions. “The New T-Mobile has repe