Andrea Crosby here, reporting on my recent sojourn to sunny Los Angeles. This past Sunday, I headed down to California to present at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Summer Committee Meetings. This was a great opportunity to... Read More »

It has been about one year since AT&T stopped offering unlimited data plans to new smartphone customers and now Verizon has followed suit. Existing customers can still be grandfathered into unlimited data plans, but this decision is representative of a larger... Read More »

It’s good to be aware of phone scams when you answer the phone. Although many scams are performed online, phone scams are more common than you may realize. Telephone fraud can take many different forms and phone scams can even be used... Read More »

According to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) website cramming is the practice of placing unauthorized, misleading or deceptive charges on your telephone bill. These unauthorized charges can be intentional or unintentional and often are missed by consumers. Phone bills are often... Read More »

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) and OneEconomy are hosting a series of Community Broadband Summits (CBS) to gather information about broadband adoption and technology in communities throughout Oregon. OneEconomy is a global non-profit organization that has been working closely... Read More »

On May 19, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a press release summarizing its Prepared Statement on Consumer Protection Issues in the Mobile Marketplace to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

The prepared statement from the FTC... Read More »