Media watchdogs warn 'price fixing, collusion' in big telecom deal
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 8:15pm.

Once again, big telecoms are under fire for tentative agreements, this time through a proposed transaction between Verizon Wireless, C

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FCC Chairman comes to Oakland, announces new apps initiative
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Fri, 15 Apr at 6:46am.

Oakland’s burgeoning tech community received official recognition Thursday, as Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski presided over two press conferences.

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What's the Beef? Inside Net Neutrality 2
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Nov at 12:52pm.

(Editor's note: The following piece is part two of a three-part piece that looks at the important role net neutrality - the preservation of a free and open Internet - plays in our society and its smaller communities.)

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Inside Story: What's the deal with Oakland and the Google Fiber Broadband project?
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 11 Apr at 2:34am.

As many of us have heard, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed in February 2010 and is intended to accelerate broadband deployment to the 10 million Americans who do not have access to broadband.

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Oakland applies for Google broadband, fiber program just under the deadline
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 7 Apr at 10:12pm.

It's just about the last minute that communities can apply to Google for free wireless broadband fiber in their communities--and, with the help of a committee of about 12 hard-working local techies, developers and business-people; Oakland's squeaked in under the wire.

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Single Payer Broadband: The Broadband Plan and the Movement for a People's Media
Blog entry by Tracy Rosenberg.
Last updated at Mon, 22 Mar at 10:33pm.

As we arrive at the end of the long health care reform battle with something less than nirvana, media activists have been waiting with bated breath for the release of the long-awaited National Broadband Plan from the Federal Communications Commission.

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