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How the FCC solves consumer problems--well, it doesn't, really
FCC refers complaints to Internet providers, and that's about it. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission's extremely hands-off approach to broadband-customer complaints has alarmed a...
 
FCC sued by dozens of cities after voting to kill local fees and rules [telecom]
Cities challenge FCC vote to preempt local fees and broadband regulations. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission faces a legal battle against dozens of cities from across the United...
 
History AECO HQ bldg reuse [telecom]
Until about 1960, the Automatic Electric Company was headquartered in a building in downtown Chicago on West Van Buren Street. They moved out to North Lake, Ill. I saw a blurb that the complex is...
 
Man Charged After Using App to Remotely Hack, Track Girlfriend's
The tech-savvy creep even exploited the car's onboard tech to pull tricks and control various features like the Land Rover's push-button start/stop. By Chris Chin In a string of bizarre events,...
 
Malware developers are betting you'll be fooled by the "Donald
Malware developers are betting you'll be fooled by the "Donald Trump Screen of Death" The people who make the malicious programs known as malware are increasingly using political names and images to...
 
California: AT&T Temporarliy Tables Plans for Cell Sites [telecom]
By Shawn Raymundo AT&T has decided to temporarily table its plans to install a pair of additional small cell towers near residential communities in San Clemente until after the city has adopted an...
 
U.S. Government Is Tripping Over Itself in Race to Dominate 5G Technology
U.S. Government Is Tripping Over Itself in Race to Dominate 5G Technology Different parts of the government are fighting over spectrum space, threatening to undermine the country's efforts
 
Judge Limits Phone Searches at U.S. Borders [telecom]
Judge Limits Phone Searches at U.S. Borders Federal agents must have reasonable suspicion of a crime before examining electronic devices at airports, other crossings 603036
 
History speed dial 1965 [telecom]
Bell offered two devices for speed-dialing. The first was a magnetic tape device with a high capacity. The caller would speed through an indexed directory. Known as Magicall. The second was using a...
 
Florida Police Warning: Do Not Let At&T Uverse Techs In Your Home Unless Absolutely Needed [telecom]
Police Response Follows Report Of Techs Demanding Access To "Map WiFi" Delray Beach, FL ( - The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Offices is reminding area residents that neither AT&T techs - nor...
 
How to Phone For Help from anywhere on the Globe [telecom]
Few travelers know what to do and whom to call in an emergency when traveling, whether that emergency is an accident, a fire, a heart attack, or something else of similar nature or magnitude....
 
One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe's Galileo satellites going dark [telecom]
One man's mistake, missing backups and complete reboot: The tale of Europe?s Galileo satellites going dark Also organizational chaos, secrecy and self-regulation
 
Almost 170,000 'Ghost Texts' Arrived Over 8 Months Late Due to a Glitch [telecom]
By Marie C. Baca Cupid was late this year. More than eight months late. Hundreds of people reported on social media that overnight on November 8 they had received texts from partners, employers and...
 
AT&T just forced customers to pay more for 'bonus' data [telecom]
By Philip Michaels Older Mobile Share Value plans are going up Editors' Note: Updated at 2:13 a.m. ET on Nov. 11 with a comment from AT&T. Some AT&T customers with older cell phone plans have learned...
 
Re: Firefox at 15: its rise, fall, and privacy-first renaissance
I tried it for a while, but I found it was resource-intensive on my old PC and put a strain on the machine. It had an option to disable certain unwanted features, but I could not make this option...