CFA Report Finds Wireless Broadband Providers Overcharge Consumers by $15 Billion Per Year
In November 2013, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released a research note that analyzed competition in the U.S. wireline and wireless broadband services markets. In that study, Comparing Apples to Apples, the CFA reviewed economic data relating to municipal and commercial wireline broadband offerings, and found that overall municipal operators offer more consumer-friendly service than private broadband providers. In the wireless market, the CFA found that non-incumbent U.S. wireless broadband service providers and non-U.S. wireless broadband service providers both offer more attractive service for consumers than that offered by the dominant wireless carriers in the United States (AT&T and Verizon).
