December 2019

T-Mobile-Sprint Trial: A Debate About Phone Bills

Whether Americans will pay more for cellphone service is at the center of arguments made by both sides battling last week over T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint. The coalition of state attorneys general that filed the antitrust lawsuit challenging the $26 billion merger fear consumers will pay more if the No. 3 and No. 4 U.S. carriers by subscribers combine, and that wireless industry competition will suffer.

Why flawed broadband speed tests have devastating consequences

The question of just how fast your home internet service is seems pretty straightforward. Unfortunately, how the broadband industry gets at the answer is messy and complicated, and over the last few weeks, that's caused controversy. The stakes are high.