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The court allowed the FCC to kill net neutrality because washing machines can't make phone calls [telecom]
It's been a hard week for net neutrality supporters, as the Trump Federal Communication Commission's decision to strip neutrality rules from the internet was upheld by the Court of Appeals for the DC...
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Here's How to Type Faster on Your Phone [telecom]
Get those index fingers off your screen. For many of us, our approach to typing on a smartphone is something we stumble upon. Unlike composing words on a typewriter or computer keyboard, there is no...
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Political Operatives Are Faking Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments To Benefit The Rich And Powerful [telecom]
Political Operatives Are Faking Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments To Benefit The Rich And Powerful A fierce battle over the regulation of the internet was riddled with millions of fake...
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Large Telecom Companies And State Attorneys General Agree On Anti-Robocall Principles [telecom]
By Glenn S. Richards and Joseph A. Cohen Twelve large telecom companies and the attorneys general of 50 states and the District of Columbia announced yesterday an agreement on eight voluntary...
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Don't Hide The Differences In The Products When Doing Comparative Price Advertising [telecom]
by Jeffrey A. Greenbaum Can you advertise that your product is cheaper than a competitor's product when your product doesn't offer the same features? Can you use a disclaimer to explain the...
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Does Use Of Soundboard Technology Violate The TCPA? [telecom]
On September 13, 2019, Florida-based company Yodel Technologies LLC ("Yodel") petitioned the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") for a declaratory ruling concerning the use of soundboard...
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Varsity Wireless Inc. wins case against the Town of North Andover, MA [telecom]
Brian Grossman Successfully Represents Everest Infrastructure Partners In Telecommunications Act Case by Brian S. Grossman When the North Andover Planning Board denied a permit to Varsity Wireless...
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Additional Huawei Affiliates Added to Entity List [telecom]
by W. Barron A. Avery, Barbara D. Linney, Lana Muranovic, Kerry T. Scarlott, Kevin J. Miller and Casey E. Weaver Over the past few weeks, the U.S. government has taken additional actions targeting...
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Hidden Fees Mean US Cable & Broadband Bills Can Be 45% Higher Than Advertised [telecom]
from the ill-communication dept By Karl Bode For years we've talked about how the broadband and cable industry has perfected the use of utterly bogus fees to jack up subscriber bills, a dash of...
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History Bell Telephone and WW II
Bell Telephone ran numerous advertisements touting its contributions to the war effort. It also encouraged people not to use the telephone since facilities were overloaded. Here are some samples from...
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Re: Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones [telecom]
I'll bet far more than 0.5% claim it doesn't affect them, I wouldn't be surprised if it's even a majority. Most of them are demonstrating the Dunning-Kruger effect. Just because you *think* it doesn't...
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Ajit Pai wins (and loses) in court as net neutrality repeal is mostly upheld [telecom]
A federal appeals court today upheld the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules but said the FCC cannot preempt all state net neutrality laws. "We uphold the 2018 Order,...
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Ninth Circuit Ends Prohibition On Political Robocalls [telecom]
by Nathan L. Garroway, Bety Javidzad and Mark A. Silver The Ninth Circuit phrased the question in Victory Processing v. Fox succinctly: "whether Montana Code section 45-8-216(1)(e) - which restricts...
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CWA Calls on Congress to Pass PRO Act to Expand Workers' Rights to Organize [telecom]
September 26, 2019 On Wednesday, the House Committee on Education and Labor passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. 2474. The bold proposal that would restore fairness to the...
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Mass surveillance threatens reporting that relies on confidential sources [telecom]
RCFP is arguing for the reversal of a district court decision in a case challenging mass surveillance by NSA. By BASMA HUMADI Digital illustration of a laptop with a watchful eye on the screen. Taken...
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