Editor’s note: The Oregon Public Utility Commission signed and approved this acquisition order on the morning of January 27, 2020.

As CUB reported in July 2019, Frontier Communications (Frontier) agreed in principle last summer to sell its Northwest (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)... Read More »

An egregious though little publicized legislative defeat during the 2019 session that ended in June was HB 2184, a CUB-supported bill championed by Representative Pam Marsh (D) that would have benefited rural communities directly by:

1. Solving a long-standing fairness issue with... Read More »

Interactions between information and communications technology (ICT) regulation and legislative policy development are complex, and too often they don’t reflect residential customers’ best interest. This complexity merits a two-part blog. “Part 1” summarized CUB’s consumer advocacy history in the ICT arena,... Read More »

Interactions between information and communications technology (ICT) regulation and legislative policy development are complex, and too often they don’t reflect residential customers’ best interest. This complexity and impact to residential customers merits a two-part blog. Today’s “Part 1” entry summarizes CUB’s early ICT... Read More »

In early June, Frontier Communications – one of two incumbent telephone companies operating in Oregon that also offers business and residential internet access service (the other is CenturyLink) - agreed in principle to sell its Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana)... Read More »

The national network of utility consumer advocates came to Portland in June for their annual mid-year conference. The conference gave them a chance to visit Portland, eat from our food carts, enjoy local beer, wine, and cider, and explore critical... Read More »