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A week, and still no internet: Century Link down, but why? [telecom]
Note: CenturyLink services were restored to some islanders on Tuesday afternoon, after this article was written. By Olivia Cameron Last week, local complaints concerning the lack of internet service...
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Omaha Phone and Internet Interconnection Site Undergoing $40 Million Renovation [telecom]
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Please tell me how your receive the Telecom Digest [nfp]
I'd like to know how you receive the Telecom Digest: via Usenet, via the email reflector, or by using Google Groups or a similar service. Please let me know by sending email to the From address above....
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Digital publisher owned by Hearst and Verizon accused of racism, misogyny [telecom]
By Keith J. Kelly A pop culture digital publisher owned by Hearst and Verizon is the latest company to be blasted as hypocritical after declaring public support for nationwide racial injustice...
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New Orleans reaches $6M settlement agreement with CenturyLink over non-payment of fees [telecom]
by: Victoria Cristina Posted: Jun 19, 2020 / 04:15 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 19, 2020 / 04:15 PM CDT NEW ORLEANS - On Friday, Mayor Cantrell announced that the City of New Orleans has agreed to a $6...
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T-Mobile explains cause of major Monday outages [telecom]
T-Mobile, one of the country's three largest cellphone service providers, said it had a "voice and text wireless issue" that began around noon EDT Monday. The company said at 1 a.m. Tuesday that all...
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Is it time to adopt the UTF-8 character set for the Digest? [nfp]
I and the other members of the Telecom Digest staff have been talking about switching from the ISO-8859-1 character set to the UTF-8 set. Here's why I think it's time to make the switch: 1. Almost all...
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AT&T is Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Cut Thousands of Jobs [telecom]
Despite the pandemic forcing many to work from home and rely more heavily on communications services, AT&T is cutting thousands of technician and clerical jobs across the country over the next few...
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FCC chairman calls T-Mobile outage "unacceptable," promises to launch investigation [telecom]
Pai is down on being down By Sebastian Moss In a Twitter post, Chairman Ajit Pai claimed that the Federal Communications Commission will launch an investigation into T-Mobile. The head of the FCC...
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CenturyLink swipes Raytheon's head privacy lawyer [telecom]
IN BRIEF: CenturyLink swipes Raytheon's head privacy lawyer By Caroline Spiezio CenturyLink Inc on Wednesday announced that Hugo Teufel, the former head of privacy for the U.S. Department of Homeland...
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[telecom] Data Point: FTC Reports Decline in Robocall Complaints
Robocall complaints from consumers declined in the last two months, reflecting enforcement efforts by the Federal Trade Commission, according to a news release from the FTC . "The FTC's latest Do Not...
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Guest Moderator Applications Sought [nfp]
I'm planning a vacation in a couple of months, and I'd like to talk to anyone who's interested in being the "Guest Moderator" while I'm gone. I've been imposing on some familiar names for a while, and...
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The Complete (Almost) TCPA Checklist For Telemarketers [telecom]
by David O. Klein Telemarketing is sometimes misunderstood, oversimplified, and even viewed negatively. There is much more to it than the unexpected call you get from a strange number while you're...
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3 years ago
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Mobile Phones Advertising Campaign Raises Claims Of Unfair Commercial Practices And Of Misleading Advertising [telecom]
by Ricardo Henriques (Abreu Advogados) and Margarida Castillo Silva On the 28th of May of 2020, the Advertising Ethics Jury of the Self-Regulating entity was presented with a dispute to decide on the...
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Something Weird Is Going On With T-Mobile [telecom]
Something Weird Is Going On With T-Mobile Today By Joanna Nelius 13 hrs ago (June 15, 2020 ~8:20 PM EDT - Mod) T-Mobile customers across the U.S. are reporting that they cannot send or receive phone...
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