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VERIZON 101: YOU CAN STOP CONGRATULATING THIS BEHEMOTH FOR ITS STUDENT IPAD PROGRAM RIGHT NOW

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 30, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

It’s something between ironic and nauseating that Superintendent Tommy Chang and Mayor Marty Walsh are making it look like Verizon, of all entities, is here to save the day.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: bospoli #mapoli, Boston Public Schools, BPS, innovation, Marty Walsh, product placement, technology, Tommy Chang, Verizon

SUBSIDIZING GIANTS

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted July 25, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Charlie Baker’s $4.1 million gift to the cable industry

 

On July 12, the Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: broadband, cable, corporation, criticism, data, DSL, FCC, Giveaway, internet, Massachusetts, privacy, rural, State House, taxes, telecom, Verizon

PROTECT YOURSELF: FOR SOME OF US, ONLINE PRIVACY IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Written by EVAN GREER Posted March 31, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

For members of my LGBTQ community, for example, the risks associated with having the details of our online activity leak can be far greater.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Break the Chains, Cambridge, Congress, Evan Greer, internet privacy, ISP, LGBTQ, SOMERVILLE, Verizon, VPN

THE VERIZON SHUFFLE

Written by BRUCE KUSHNICK Posted February 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Why the telecom company’s FiOS promise to Boston is a bait-and-switch

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 5G, Alexander Graham Bell, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Boston, brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, Cambridgeport, FiOS, Lowell, Massachusetts, Peabody, Revere, Roxbury, Salem, SOMERVILLE, Verizon, Watertown, wieline, Winthrop

APPARENT HORIZON: CABLE JEOPARDY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 22, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Now that broadband internet is a public utility, both cable companies and telephone companies need to pay for public access television — not try to defund it

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: ACM, Alliance for Community Media, BINJ, cable access, FCC, PEG Access, public access, SCATV, Verizon

ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 6, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

That’s why Verizon's union workers are on strike. It’s gotten to the point where they have no choice

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: big business, Boston, Healthcare, labor, Protest, strike, unions, Verizon

STRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

The general public may be aware that 39,000 unionized Verizon workers (out of a total of 178,000) have been out on strike for a few days—including many here in Boston. But the vast majority of onlookers don’t understand the stakes.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: CWA, GE, General Electric, IBEW, labor, Massachusetts, new england, Protest, Stand Up Verizon, strike, unions, Verizon, workers

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