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    Inmates make collect phone calls at a jail in Santa Ana, California on May 24, 2011.

    Biden Signs Bill to End Profiteering From Prisoners' Calls to Loved Ones

    "The predatory correctional telecom industry has avoided regulation for too long, and families have paid the exorbitant price," said one supporter of the legislation.

    Jessica Corbett
    Jan 05, 2023

    Justice campaigners celebrated Thursday after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill empowering federal regulators to ensure that charges for video and audio calls from correctional and detention facilities are "just and reasonable."

    Named for a late nurse who fought for lower rates after struggling to afford phone calls with her incarcerated grandson, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 was sent to Biden's desk last month.

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    Gigi Sohn testifies at a confirmation hearing

    Re-Nominated by Biden, Senate Urged to Confirm 'Public Interest Champion' to FCC

    "The Senate must move swiftly to confirm Gigi Sohn so that the FCC can get back to work protecting people's basic human rights and ensuring access to affordable, open Internet for all," said Evan Greer of Fight for the Future.

    Julia Conley
    Jan 04, 2023

    Digital and consumer rights advocates on Wednesday called on the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm longtime public advocate Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission after President Joe Biden announced her nomination for a second time, more than a year after the telecom industry launched a spending blitz to keep Sohn from joining the regulatory panel.

    Biden first nominated the lawyer and longtime net neutrality defender in October 2021, but with a 50-50 deadlock in the Senate before the midterm elections and some corporate Democrats targeted by telecom lobbyists who pushed them to oppose Sohn, the president did not garner enough support for his nominee last year.

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    When Will the US Stop Being a Backward Nation on Broadband?

    Let's join the rest of the developed world and bring competition to the business of providing the internet to our homes and businesses.

    Thom Hartmann
    Dec 16, 2022

    Perhaps you've noticed there are several new phone companies offering very low-cost cell service, some for as little as $5/month. There's competition in the cellphone space that's driving down prices and driving up service, at least in many parts of the country.

    Why are phone and internet service price-competitive around the world but here in America that competition is limited to cell phone service?

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