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The Sixth Circuit Broadly Defines ATDS, Widening The Split Among Circuits Before The Supreme Court Rules Next Year [telecom]
by Lisa S. Yun and Shannon Petersen On July 29, 2020, the Sixth Circuit joined the Second and the Ninth Circuits in expansively defining Automatic Telephone Dialing System ("ATDS") under the Telephone...
 
Cell Phone Towers Losing Capabilities After Isaias: Governor [telecom]
Cell phone towers in Connecticut are starting to lose their capabilities following the damage and outages from Tropical Storm Isaias, Governor Ned Lamont wrote to President Trump on Wednesday in a...
 
Telecommunication Companies Say They're Managing [telecom]
HARTFORD, CT - Telecommunications companies AT&T and Verizon said Thursday they have enough backup generation to keep their cellular towers up and running if they can't reconnect to the electrical...
 
When will my internet be back? Probably when power is restored, providers say [telecom]
By Ben Lambert Xfinity outages in the greater New Haven area Wednesday are likely linked to the damage done by Tropical Storm Isaias, a spokesman said Wednesday. In a statement, Kristen L. Roberts,...
 
911 services down for some in Yancey/Mitchell areas [telecom]
Too-Close-To-Home-Department ... Authorities said 911 services and some landline services are down in the Yancey and Mitchell areas as Frontier Communications engineers perform network upgrades....
 
Read the Fine-Print on Verizon's New 4G Home Internet [telecom]
By Joanna Nelius Verizon announced today that it has launched a brand new 4G LTE home internet option for residents in parts of Savannah, Georgia, Springfield, Missouri, and the Tri-Cities of both...
 
Verizon takes delivery of Ericsson's US-made 5G base station [telecom]
by Monica Alleven Ericsson announced today that Verizon is the first recipient of a U.S.-manufactured commercial 5G base station from Ericsson's new smart factory in Texas.
 
[telecom] How Cops Can Secretly Track Your Phone
A guide to stingray surveillance technology, which may have been deployed at recent protests. A guide to stingray surveillance technology, which may have been deployed at recent protests.
 
Gephardt: Internet Data Caps Returning, Impacting Pandemic Telecommuters [telecom]
BY MATT GEPHARDT & SLOAN SCHRAGE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is forcing thousands of Utahns to use the internet as telecommuters so they can work and learn from home. That...
 
Following Years of Protest, Cell Tower Equipment Atop Trinidad Head Will Soon Come Down [telecom]
By Ryan Burns For years now, residents of Trinidad and its environs, including many Native Americans, have voiced their objections to a cell phone tower located atop Trinidad Head. The picturesque...
 
Teachers, Students, Parents Demand Comcast and Verizon Help Close the Digital Divide [telecom]
by Tiffany Watson BALTIMORE, MD - As a part of the August 3rd National Day of Resis- tance, Baltimore City, Prince George's County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia teachers unions are demanding...
 
Bridging the digital divide: Owasso Public Schools to receive 300 Verizon mobile internet devices [telecom]
State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister on Friday announced that 175 Oklahoma school districts, including Owasso, have been awarded mobile internet access and devices through 50,000 Verizon Unlimited 4GE...
 
Floridians continue pulling plug on traditional phones [telecom]
byGary Detman TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) - Cell phones are seem- ingly never out of reach. Meanwhile, people rely more and more on internet technology. And the result is the same each...
 
Sign up for the HEROES Day of Action! [telecom]
The next federal COVID relief package, the HEROES Act, was passed in the US House of Representatives in May, but is now stuck in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has stalled the bill...
 
T-Mobile lays off hundreds of Sprint employees [telecom]
The company that promised to add jobs by merging with Sprint now appears to be laying off hundreds of employees. T-Mobile did not immediately respond to a request for comment or explain how it's going...