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Wireless & Telecom Carriers
5 tracked retailers, ranked by NOligarchy Score. Best pick: Consumer Cellular (91.6).
0 · worst score
avg 33.2
100 · best
Wireless & Telecom Carriers ranks 42nd of 44 tracked categories — among the most concerning for political spending and ownership risk. 5 retailers are tracked, from 91.6 (Consumer Cellular) down to 6.8 (T-Mobile). 1 rated Trusted and 3 rated Avoid.
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Spend
$103.3M
Federal lobbying
$95.9M
PAC & Super PAC
$7.2M
Executive donations
$193K
Pillars
35 avg
Political Access
26
Wealth Extraction
32
Playing by the Rules
49
Ownership risk
6 flagged
91.6
/100
Trusted
consumercellular.com
33.5
/100
Concerning
mintmobile.com
17.6
/100
Avoid
att.com
16.4
/100
Avoid
verizon.com
6.8
/100
Avoid
t-mobile.com
Scores reflect disclosed federal spending only. Dark money (501(c)(4) donations) is not included. How we score →