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Inside the Opposition to a Net Neutrality Repeal [telecom]
Inside the Opposition to a Net Neutrality Repeal By Cecilia Kang Fight for the Future, a scrappy 10-person nonprofit, has helped lead the uproar against changes to internet rules, including hundreds...
 
Fire Alert Sent to Millions of Cellphones Was California's Largest Warning Yet [telecom]
Fire Alert Sent to Millions of Cellphones Was California's Largest Warning Yet The cellphone alert, which went to at least eight million people, was California's largest use ever of a federal warning...
 
Re: Net Neutrality Hits a Nerve, Eliciting Intense Reactions [telecom]
Ask eight blind men what an elephant is. NN is like that. It is no more and no less than a slogan, one designed to evoke a mythical era in which there was an Internet in which all traffic was good,...
 
CenturyLink Faces ERISA Lawsuit on Custom Large Cap Fund Design [telecom]
The complaint seeks to state a claim - without relying on hindsight - by arguing the underperformance of a large cap fund was "virtually guaranteed because it contained a serious design flaw from...
 
Merger-hungry AT&T sued for price gouging by Texas ISP [telecom]
Awkward timing considering its Time-Warner marriage request By Shaun Nichols AT&T has been hit with a particularly badly-timed antitrust lawsuit accusing it of price gouging. The telecoms giant was...
 
Net neutrality protests planned Thursday at Verizon stores nationwide [telecom]
Verizon stores could be busier than usual Thursday - protesters plan to converge at the company's stores throughout the nation as part of a last-ditch effort to save net neutrality rules. The FCC is...
 
AT&T warns of scam affecting customers [telecom]
BRYAN, Tex. (KBTX) - AT&T is warning its customers in the 979 area code about a scam hitting the Brazos Valley. Company representative Austin Higginbotham called News 3 to spread the word of this...
 
CenturyLink Accused of Giving Workers Bad 401(k) Investment [telecom]
By Jacklyn Wille A new lawsuit claims CenturyLink Inc. offered its workers a poorly managed and underperforming stock fund in their 401(k) plan that caused them to lose out on retirement savings. The...
 
CenturyLink From The Perspective Of A Preferred And Bond Investor: Update [telecom]
By Norman Roberts Summary * CTL over the past year has continued to lose value as it has for the past five years. * Although not as severely, its Notes I reported about in January also have lost...
 
CenturyLink: A Cigar Butt To Buy [telecom]
By Rui Ma, CFA Summary * CenturyLink is a loser this year, thus is likely oversold by institutional investors for a tax deduction. * The dividend yield is at 15% and its financials supports its...
 
AT&T: Everyone Is Ignoring This, And It Is A Critical Mistake [telecom]
By Quad 7 Capital Research We have learned that Ohio has joined Vermont to become the two latest states to join AT&T's First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) initiative. The FirstNet initiative...
 
An Open Letter to the FCC [telecom]
By Eric Schneiderman, New York State Attorney General Dear FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: As you recently announced, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under your leadership, soon will release rules...
 
Why Concerns About Net Neutrality Are Overblown [telecom]
By Ken Engelhart TORONTO - The Federal Communications Commission is planning to jettison its network neutrality rules, and many Americans are distraught. Such a move, the Electronic Frontier...
 
The Reason Ajit Pai's Keynote at Verizon in D.C. Today Is Secret [telecom]
Moderator's Note: This is a "guilty pleasure" post, and I'm a sucker for "secret" headlines. Pai's remarks are included in the article, which says it got them from the FCC website....
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Verizon is moving slowly to exploit consumer data for ads because it doesn't want to freak people out [telecom]
By Mike Shields Verizon's plan to challenge the digital duopoly - Facebook and Google - in digital advertising is a slow mover, and that's on purpose, the company's outgoing media chief said on...