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AT&T waives data cap during coronavirus; Comcast keeps charging overage fees [telecom]
We asked 10 ISPs if they'll waive caps as pandemic forces people to stay home. By Jon Brodkin Comcast, the biggest home-Internet provider in the United States, hasn't told us whether it will suspend...
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AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus [telecom]
To alleviate new work-from-home policies taking effect By Nick Statt AT&T is suspending data caps for broadband internet customers on Thursday, as waves of employees face new work-from-home policies...
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We Forgot About the Most Important Job on the Internet [telecom]
Content moderators are essential gatekeepers, but also our greeters, paramedics, law enforcers, teachers and curators. By Annalee Newitz Most of the internet is made of comments. Some are like the...
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AT&T, Verizon Back Away From Smart Cities Efforts [telecom]
High-profile executives from Verizon and AT&T who were dedicated to smart city operations are no longer involved and the efforts have been merged into other areas of the companies. By Mike Dano...
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[telecom] Calif. proposes much more backup power for telecoms
[San Francisco Chronicle] California proposes 3-day backup power for cell towers, communication networks California officials are serious about making sure that communication networks don't fail again...
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Re: Keystone [was Re: [telecom] History "Postal Telegraph"
As to non-Bell telephone companies, Rochester NY was separate from Ma Bell, until the Bell breakup, I believe. From that retro special numbers link: Interesting how Keystone had a special 3 digit...
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Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups [telecom]
Mr. Prince, a contractor close to the Trump administration, contacted veteran spies for operations by Project Veritas, the conservative group known for conducting stings on news organizations and...
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CenturyLink, Arizona AG reach settlement on consumer fraud claim [telecom]
PHOENIX - CenturyLink has reached a settlement with the Arizona Attorney General's Office after accusations of using deceptive and unfair advertising and billing methods, AG Mark Brnovich announced...
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AT&T Is Cooperating With Justice Department in Google Probe [telecom]
By Scott Moritz (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc. is cooperating with the U.S. Justice Department in its Google investigation, which is exploring whether the online search and advertising giant violated...
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Re: [telecom] Keystone [was Re: History "Postal Telegraph"
Local telephone service wasn't always a monopoly, pre-1996. Ma Bell's patents expired in the 1890s. "Independent" telephone companies sprung up all over, including in the cities where "Bell" companies...
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FCC to require anti-robocall tech after "voluntary" plan didn't work out [telecom]
by Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit...
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Keystone [was Re: [telecom] History "Postal Telegraph"
AFAIK, only Philadelphia I remember seeing signs in the '40s - '50's for 'Bell Booths' and also Keystone booths. There was something murky about their demise into the belly of the Bell whale; I've...
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Staff of Delaware Online & News Journal move to unionize [telecom]
March 4, 2020 - The staff of Delaware Online and Delaware News Journal said Monday they are forming a unit of the NewsGuild-CWA to preserve the quality of their coverage and to fight for the future of...
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Hawaii: Cell tower permits denied for AT&T projects in Kurtistown, HPP [telecom]
By Michael Brestovansky Tempers and temperatures ran high at a Windward Planning Commission meeting that ended with two proposed cellphone towers in Puna being denied use permits.
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History "Postal Telegraph" [telecom]
Until WW II, there was a second telegraph company in the United States, known as Postal Telegraph. (They had nothing to do with the post office, just took the name to sound cool). They were a smaller...
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