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WA: With Supreme Court denial of review, PUD secures victory in CenturyLink lawsuit [telecom]
By Aaron Mead OLYMPIA - The Washington State Supreme Court on Sept. 3 denied review of Century Link's appeal of a lower court verdict in favor of the Pacific County Public Utility District No. 2. The...
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WA: CenturyLink customers in Elk area unable to call 911 from landline [telecom]
Spokane Regional Emergency Communications said Thursday they were advised of a CenturyLink phone outage. By Kaitlin Riordan SPOKANE, Wash. - CenturyLink customers in the Elk area may not be able to...
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How Safari and iMessage Have Made iPhones Less Secure [telecom]
How Safari and iMessage Have Made iPhones Less Secure Security researchers say iOS's security woes stem in part from Apple putting too much trust in its own software's code.
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T-Mobile gets aggressive, offers half off iPhone 11 even for current customers [telecom]
T-Mobile is hoping to push a lot of people to trade in old iPhones for new ones. By Eli Blumenthal With the new iPhones set to go on preorder Friday, the usual "buy one, get one" deals are starting to...
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Most of the robocalls you get aren't coming from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile numbers [telecom]
A new report suggests that the United States' top mobile carriers are making headway in the fight against annoying robocalls. The data analytics company Transaction Network Services (TNS) released its...
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How to Make Your Smartphone Last Longer [telecom]
Smartphones are more expensive than ever, but we still don't keep them very long. Here's why, and what you can do to extend their life. By Eric Ravenscraft When you buy a new smartphone, how long do...
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UT: Castle Valley power outage takes out Frontier service [telecom]
The power outage Aug. 28 was more widespread than just Castle Valley - and the surge that came when the lights came back on did some damage. That surge of power also tripped the equipment in the...
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UPDATE: Some Lewis and southern Jefferson Frontier customers still without telephone service [telecom]
By Julie Abbass LOWVILLE, NY - While some key facilities have had their phone service restored, others, along with many residents, have not. According to Lewis County General Hospital Director of...
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Optimum calls outage "Power Related" as customers demand refunds [telecom]
Optimum cable and broadband customers whose service went out for hours Friday night remain in the dark whether the company will credit their bills for the prolonged outage. Through its Optimum...
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Sunday night: phone service fully restored in Lewis County [telecom]
LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) - Five days after a lightning strike took out phone service to much of Lewis County, all the phones were back on Sunday night. In a statement, Javier Mendoza, a Frontier...
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AT&T's secret prepaid plan is actually... good? [telecom]
For $25 per month, you can get an 8GB plan with mobile hotspot and rollover data. The catch: You have to prepay for a full year. By Rick Broida For the last couple of years, Mint Mobile has courted...
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Activist investor pushes major changes in AT&T [telecom]
CNN reported that Elliott Management, an activist shareholder firm, disclosed Monday that it has taken a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T. Elliott Management wrote that AT&T's stock could surge if the...
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T-Mobile Workers Share Concerns Over T-Mobile/Sprint Merger [telecom]
T-Mobile Workers Share Concerns Over T-Mobile/Sprint Merger with Deutsche Telekom CEO, Meet with Supervisory Board Members Seattle, Wash. - In a new letter to Timotheus Höttges, CEO of T-Mobile USA's...
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Re: Anti-Robocalling Principles Established By State Attorneys General [telecom]
I'm confused. Another message was titled "Cable industry fights plan to require robocall-detection technology". So they're implementing it, but fighting a government *requirement* for it?
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Apple: A message about iOS security
A message about iOS security Last week, Google published a blog about vulnerabilities that Apple fixed for iOS users in February. We've heard from customers who were concerned by some of the claims,...
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