In its latest report on telephone penetration in the United States, the FCC found that from July 2008 to November 2008 (the date of the most recent data), the percentage […]
Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, New York’s Chief Information Officer, head of the state Office for Technology , and Chair of the New York State Council for Universal Broadband, took to the […]
Back in February, PULP Network reported on a competitive local exchange carrier purporting to “Lifeline” telephone service even though it had not been certified as an “eligible telecommunications carrier” (“ETC”). […]
Utility terminations are soaring after the closure of the federally funded HEAP block grant program on May 15. Assistance under that program often covers only part of a customer’s bills, […]
[See Update at bottom regarding number of Lifeline assistance recipients in New York] The latest FCC telephone Lifeline subscribership numbers are out, and the news is not good. For the […]
Several people joined together to bring a class action suit against AT&T Wireless following its merger with Cingular in 2004. The complainants, AT&T Wireless customers, alleged that after Cingular merged […]
The New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal (“DHCR“) oversees rent regulated residential housing. When a rent-regulated landlord is allowed by the PSC to submeter electricity, and begins […]
On Saturday, May 16 tenant leaders, legislators, state agency representatives (from the PSC, DHCR, and NYSERDA) and PULP met for nearly five hours to discuss electricity submetering issues and problems. […]
You’ve seen the numbers: Lifeline discount telephone service subscribership in New York State has plummeted from a peak of over 756,000 in 1996 to about 300,000 today. Meanwhile the number […]
Congress is nearing action on a proposed “cap and trade” market system intended to lower carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Basically, a “cap” on emissions is set, and certificates […]