News about S. Derek Turner

Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Gets OK from Justice Department

July 26, 2019

"This merger is bad for wireless users and can’t be fixed," said Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner.

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Internet Access, Media Consolidation
Reports: Department of Justice to Sign off on T-Mobile's Sprint Takeover, But the Harmful Merger Is Far from a Done Deal

July 24, 2019

If the deal goes through as reported, it would leave the United States with only three viable nationwide wireless-service providers.

Press Release

Internet Access, Media Consolidation
Free Press Optimistic About FCC Broadband-Data Update

July 16, 2019

Media advocacy group Free Press says it is cautiously optimistic about the FCC's proposal to improve collection of broadband-availability data.

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Internet Access
Free Press Cautiously Optimistic on Pai's Proposed Reforms to Broadband Data and Maps

July 16, 2019

The FCC’s proposed changes come at a time when many members of Congress are expressing their frustration with the agency’s existing maps.

Press Release

Internet Access
FCC's Broadband-Deployment Report Called 'Fundamentally at Odds With Reality'

June 5, 2019

As FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks points out, one error in particular threw off the results in the report by millions.

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Internet Access
FCC Cuts Bogus Data From Yearly Broadband Report, Acts Like Nothing Happened

May 29, 2019

In March, the advocacy group Free Press had crunched the numbers and exposed a huge problem.

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Internet Access
No One Trusts Big Telecom to Build a Better Broadband Access Map

March 25, 2019

The broadband industry has spent the better part of a decade fighting against more accurate broadband-mapping data.

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Internet Access
Free Press: The T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Would Undermine Competition, Increase Costs and Make Internet Access Unaffordable to Far Too Many

November 1, 2018

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Free Press filed the latest document in its ongoing opposition to the proposed $26.5-billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.

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Internet Access
Free Press Files Petition to Deny T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

August 27, 2018

Free Press filed a petition to deny the proposed $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.

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Media Consolidation
Comcast Launches $65-Billion Bid to Steal Murdoch's Fox Away from Disney

June 14, 2018

Cable giant Comcast has launched a hostile bid for 21st Century Fox, the media empire controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

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Media Consolidation