AT&T’s slow 1.5Mbps Internet in poor neighborhoods sparks complaint to FCC

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Steven Puetzer) AT&T is facing a complaint alleging that it discriminates against poor people by providing fast service in wealthier communities and speeds as low as 1.5Mbps in low-income neighborhoods. The formal complaint filed today with the Federal Communications Commission says that AT&T is violating the Communications Act’s prohibition against unjust […]

California orders Volkswagen to build more electric-car charging stations in poor neighborhoods

REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji California legislators on Thursday tightened rules requiring Volkswagen to spend a portion of clean car infrastructure funds in disadvantaged communities, passing a bill as part of a budget package agreed with Governor Jerry Brown. The German automaker previously agreed to support clean vehicles by spending $ 800 million in California, part of a total […]