Over the weekend, CUB attended the 25th Annual Fix-It Fair at Ron Russell Middle School in SE Portland to let people know about CUB Connects. The City of Portland holds these fairs throughout the city in order to connect residents... Read More »

In the last week of October, CUB staff headed up the Gorge to attend the 16th annual Oregon Connections Conference in Hood River. The conference focus was “Oregon Broadband: The Power of Adoption.” This day and a half long event... Read More »

Are you a parent of teens or tweens that have or want cell phones? According to the Pew Research center about 75% of 12-17 year-olds now own cell phones. As technology advances and younger and younger kids are getting cell... Read More »

In a rather sudden and unexpected move, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile. The DOJ stated in a press release that

“The proposed $39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition for mobile... Read More »

A few weeks ago I headed to Chicago to visit with the members of Illinois CUB’s staff who work on consumer education and outreach (link to Oregon CUB blog). It was an interesting trip and a great way to learn more... Read More »

Last week I headed to Chicago to spend time with the energetic staff at Illinois CUB. Yes, you read that correctly: just like Oregon, Illinois has a CUB that represents residential customers in ratemaking proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission... Read More »