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NY Introduces Bill To Limit Roboecalls [telecom]
EMPIRE STATE OF MIND: New York Senate Introduces A Proposed Bill To Limit Robocalls Wednesday, January 25, 2023 As promised by the Czar, the Duchess is here to break down yet another, although...
 
After Verizon lowers expectations, AT&T raises them [telecom]
By Mike Dano If Verizon is the 5G operator that failed to live up to its too-high aspirations, AT&T is the one that managed to exceed its relatively modest targets. Specifically, AT&T said it now...
 
AT&T grows wireless business, but real winner is T-Mobile [telecom]
by Matthew Keys AT&T exceeded expectations from Wall Street analysts on Wednesday when it revealed its postpaid wireless business added 656,000 lines during its most-recent financial quarter. The...
 
Verizon customers were unable to call 911 in Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center Monday morning [telecom]
The issue was resolved late Monday morning, according to a spokesperson with Verizon. By Dana Thiede MINNEAPOLIS — Officials say the issue involving Verizon wireless customers throughout the Twin...
 
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile quietly walk away from ZenKey joint venture [telecom]
By Mike Dano ZenKey looks dead. The company's app is not available in the major smartphone app stores. Its website does not load. And the wireless providers that launched the joint venture in 2020 are...
 
T-Mobile Hacked For The Eighth Time In Five Years [telecom]
rom the zero-accountability dept Mon, Jan 23rd 2023 By Karl Bode T-Mobile hasn’t been what you’d call competent when it comes to protecting its customers’ data. The company has now been hacked...
 
Re: T-Mobile eyeing Mint Mobile as acquisition target: report [telecom]
No, Mint Mobile is an independent MVNO, which operates off of both T-Mobile's network. I think it was split from Ultra Mobile, which is also an independent MVNO, running from T-Mobile towers. T-Mobile...
 
Status of Copper Based Landline Telephones [telecom]
The great sunset date by the FCC for Landlines has come and gone, and my 2 landlines at 2 different locations are at this time are still operating. I have had a recent pair change done on one of the...
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Wireless Customers Who Were Subject to Data Throttling by AT&T Can Apply for a Payment from the FTC [telecom]
Those who had unlimited data plans with AT&T between 2011-2015 may be eligible. The Federal Trade Commission opened a claims process for former AT&T customers who have yet to claim a refund stemming...
 
Re: [telecom] How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy
Business and society are changing all the time. Letterpress revolutioned information distribution. Electricity replaced fuels for light, computers and networking (partially) replaced paper in the...
 
TCPA Tracker - December 2022 [telecom]
RECENT NEWS FCC Cracks Down on Student-Loan Scams: Orders Voice Service Providers to Stop Carrying Robocalls from “Student Loan Robocall Operation” On December 8, 2022, the FCC ordered all voice...
 
Panasonic call blocker [telecom]
(There is a Panasonic Call Bloker) For about $110 - claims to be preloaded with 14000 robocall/telemarketing numbers. Is this worthwhile? Seems to me a lot of the nuisance calls use spoofed numbers....
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Re: [telecom] The predatory prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed
I think competitive bidding on supplying prison telephone systems with kickbacks being prohibited would help. Harold W6IWI, Tucson AZ W6IWI, Tucson AZ
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Re: [telecom] T-Mobile USA - IPv6 available?
According to the info at a page called "Case Study: T-Mobile US Goes IPv6-only Using 464XLAT" - I think T-Mobile has gone IPv6-only. If anyone can confirm or deny, please do so. Bill Horne
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Re: The predatory prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed [telecom]
The prison phone system is no more or less broken than the prison system itself, which has, at its core, the task of keeping taxpayers willing to shell out their money for bloated and poorly trained...