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Google signs up Verizon for its AI-powered contact center services [telecom]
By Frederic Lardinois Google today announced that it has signed up Verizon as the newest customer of its Google Cloud Contact Center AI service, which aims to bring natural language recognition to the...
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As the pandemic continues, it's time to see the internet as a utility [telecom]
Running water and electricity are considered basic parts of our modern life. Advocates say a good connection to the internet is just as important. When school went online, districts scrambled to get...
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Napa Journal: What happens when the internet dies [telecom]
By Kevin Courtney We were dead in the water last week when our home internet went down for four days. The pain was instantaneous. Without streaming music or video, how do we fill that enormous void...
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Democratic Senators Demand Answers from AT&T on Job Cuts [telecom]
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with seven other senate Democrats, sent a letter to AT&T CEO John Stankey to demand answers about AT&T's recently announced job cuts affecting more than 3,400...
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Supreme Court will hear Facebook robocalling case [telecom]
Supreme Court will hear Facebook robocalling case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Facebook's defense after an appeals court determined it violated anti-robocalling rules. The court will examine...
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Mid-Michigan Flooding: Some homeowners still without phone, internet, clean water [telecom]
Midland Co. homeowner opens up regarding two-month-long struggle By Charlie Tinker FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) (07/09/2020)- "It does seriously feel like we're just trapped." Mike Richmond struggles to put...
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Washington internet company to pay $900,000 in fines for misleading customers [telecom]
By Tim Gruver (The Center Square) - A Washington internet company will have to pay $900,000 in fines after being found guilty by the state attorney general's office for failing to disclose fees and...
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"TCPA Class Certification Denial Exposes Major Spousal Scheme" Is a Statement of Opinion [telecom]
By Eugene Volokh Circuit (Judges Jon O. Newman, Peter W. Hall, and Gerard E. Lynch) In 2015, plaintiff Shimshon Wexler brought a Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") class action in the Eastern...
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Frontier misled subscribers about Internet speeds and prices, AG finds [telecom]
Washington state AG forces Frontier Northwest to clearly disclose prices, speeds. By Jon Brodkin Frontier Communications misled thousands of customers about the prices it charges and about the speeds...
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New York City to Seek Assessment on Internet Providers to Fund Low-Income Service [telecom]
(Reuters) NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday the city would invest $157 million to expand high-speed internet service to low-income residents as part of a plan to offer...
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AT&T argues being misleading about data plans isn't misleading because reporters caught them [telecom]
One of the grand tricks the telecom industry was able to achieve by getting its henchman, Ajit Pai, into the majority chairman position in the FCC was to kill net neutrality protections. The most...
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If Thumbs Are Required, It's Not An Autodialer [telecom]
by Terri J. Seligman The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits any person from calling or text messaging someone on a wireless phone using an automatic telephone dialing system (an...
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[telecom] Why your privacy could be threatened by a bill to protect children
Backers of the EARN IT Act focus on protecting children from being exploited, but security experts say the bill actually chips away at your encrypted messages. By Alfred Ng Depending on who you ask,...
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Verizon, Microsoft Join Growing Advertiser Revolt Against Facebook [telecom]
By Matt Kapko An advertiser backlash against Facebook fueled by growing disillusionment over the company's inability or lack of interest in curbing hate speech and racism on its platform is gaining...
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Verizon's 5G provides 'half a gig - but only 0.4% of the time' [telecom]
By Alan Burkitt-Gray Verizon provides the fastest 5G speed in the US, almost 500Mbps - but its customers can connect with it only 0.4% of the time because of coverage issues. "Verizon users saw their...
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