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AT&T attempt to stall Google Fiber construction thrown out by judge [telecom]
AT&T sued Louisville over pole attachment rule, but judge says rule is valid. Jon Brodkin - 8/17/2017, 1:50 PM AT&T has lost a court case in which it tried to stall construction by Google Fiber in...
 
FCC large fines for spoofed robocallers [telecom]
I don't remember whether this showed up here before, but two weeks ago the FCC proposed an $82 million fine against an insurance agent who made a lot of spoofed robocalls. In June they fined a...
 
[telecom] Verizon doing some "refunds", but.. no one is talking
N.B.: "refunds" is in quotes 'cuz ain't no one talking about what, exactly, happened. Seems this was a tax they collected which they shouldn't have been doing. But whether they sent it to NYS or not?...
 
[telecom] Freedom from cable isn't free
In Message-ID: Freedom from cable isn't free: Flood of streaming Programmers may experiment with numerous distribution options - bundling their programming with Netflix and other steaming packagers,...
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Holzer & Holzer Files Class Action Suit Against CenturyLink, Inc. [telecom]
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Holzer & Holzer, LLC announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of investors in CenturyLink, Inc. ("CenturyLink" or the "Company") who purchased CenturyLink...
 
CenturyLink to Resell King & Union's Security Platform [telecom]
CenturyLink signed a deal with security startup King & Union to become the first reseller for King & Union's security analysis collaboration platform. The Avalon platform allows users to collaborate...
 
Freedom from cable isn't free [telecom]
Freedom from cable isn't free: Flood of streaming services will make cutting the cord more complicated. Disney's exit from Netflix to start its own video service is just the beginning.
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi Should Investigate Centurylink [telecom]
Robin Brubaker thought she was going batty when every month for the last two years, CenturyLink jacked up the price of her television and internet service from the amount she originally had been...
 
History - 1971 - highway call boxes, direct-dial savings [telecom]
A Bell System advertisement in the July 9, 1971 LIFE magazine describes emergency call boxes being installed on a remote stretch of I-80. (two pages) (I don't know if they're still there.) Also in...
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The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon Valley [telecom]
The Alt-Right Finds a New Enemy in Silicon Valley Tech platforms like Google, Airbnb and PayPal are battling with far-right activists, who accuse them of censoring their ideas. When James Damore, a...
 
Verizon's advice to parents buying phones for kids [telecom]
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - In today's digital age, back to school can also mean new tech for students. And, with that, could require serious talks to have with your young ones. With those tablets and...
 
How Much Room to Run Does Verizon Have Left with Its Spectrum? [telecom]
Verizon recently snapped up a war chest full of 28 GHz and 39 GHz spectrum licenses in its $1.05 billion Straight Path buy, and it seems that move was quite timely - not just because of 5G. In a...
 
Sprint, Looking to Get Bigger to Survive, Weighs Deal-Making [telecom]
The company and its backer, SoftBank, have had talks with both Charter and T-Mobile to improve its fortunes as it falls behind rivals. Masayoshi Son, the Japanese telecommunications mogul, has always...
 
T-Mobile's new plan gives seniors a much-needed upgrade [telecom]
T-Mobile's new Unlimited 55+ gives seniors a much-needed upgrade on cell service T-Mobile is launching its newest unlimited plan, which might be its best yet, offering two lines of unlimited data for...
 
Centurylink CEO promises to 'Do the right thing' [telecom]
CenturyLink CEO Pledges To 'Do The Right Thing' following lawsuits and fraud allegations CenturyLink's CEO Glen Post addressed the elephant in the room right away during the company's second quarter...