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AT&T executives to run combined company after Time Warner deal [telecom]
AT&T said on Friday that its executives will head its media and wireless businesses following the close of its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner. As of August 1, John Stankey, who currently...
 
Senators Troubled by Twitter 'Glitch' on AT&T Blog [telecom]
Say had roles been reversed, edge would have been outraged By: John Eggerton A pair of Republican legislators say they are concerned by Twitter's blocking of lawful content, in this case an AT&T blog...
 
Verizon Now Says That Throttling Video Is Totally Cool [telecom]
By Rhett Jones Verizon set off alarm bells among net neutrality advocates last week when customers reported that the ISP was throttling Netflix video. If true, that would likely be a violation of...
 
Verizon accused of violating net neutrality rules by throttling video [telecom]
FCC has no comment on petition to investigate Verizon slowing video to 10Mbps. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission should investigate whether Verizon Wireless violated net neutrality...
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AT&T Pushing for 14M FTTH Customers By 2019 as Fiber Build Continues [telecom]
By Diana Goovaerts, CED, July 26. 2017 AT&T is looking to push well beyond its fiber buildout commitment with the Federal Communications Commission to hit 14 million fiber to the premises customers by...
 
Lawsuits Pile Up For CenturyLink After Years Of Bogus Fees, Fraudulent Billing [telecom]
from the because-we-can dept For decades now, broadband ISPs have abused the lack of meaningful competition in the telecom market by not only refusing to shore up historically awful customer service,...
 
CenturyLink CEO to employees: 'We are not perfect,' 'keep your spirits up' [telecom]
DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL - The CEO of CenturyLink Inc. is telling employees to keep their spirits up after accusations arose that the company engaged in billing fraud. CEO Glen Post sent out a memo to...
 
PLEASE READ: temporary address for the digest [telecom]
I've just found out that posts from Google Groups, and possibly other places, are not reaching me. As a *TEMPORARY* work-around, please send posts via email, to - Please include the "Message-ID" info...
 
AT&T and Verizon want free rein to put new wireless transmitters in your neighborhood. [telecom]
By George Skelton There's a classic brawl raging in the California Legislature between a bankrolling private interest and several toothless local governments over wireless expansion. It's a fight...
 
Bid to relax restrictions for AT&T boxes in SF suffers setback [telecom]
By Joshua Sabatini A proposal to relax the rules for AT&T and the installation of its controversial utility boxes in San Francisco suffered a setback Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors and was...
 
AT&T offers wireless internet to 15 Mississippi counties [telecom]
JACKSON, Miss. - AT&T says it's now serving parts of 15 Mississippi counties with a fixed wireless internet service aimed at rural residents. The Dallas-based company said the service relies on cell...
 
AT&T lets 82-year-old woman stop paying for phone she no longer has [telecom]
By Jae C. Hong - AP A stint in the hospital is bad, and losing your phone or having it stolen from you while there probably doesn't help the healing process. Getting billed for the phone for several...
 
Netflix speeds on Verizon Wireless appear to be capped for some customers [telecom]
Netflix says it's not responsible for the arbitrary speed cap by Chris Welch With net neutrality fresh on the minds of many in the United States, it seems that the data speeds at which Verizon...
 
Verizon admits to throttling video in apparent violation of net neutrality [telecom]
by Russell Brandom Yesterday, we reported that Verizon Wireless appeared to be throttling Netflix traffic - and today, the company seems to have come clean. In a statement provided to /Ars Technica/...
 
Sprint is just straight-up trolling Verizon now [telecom]
In absence of actually having a good network, Sprint is relying on some top-notch PR to bother Verizon. Sprint already stole away Verizon's signature spokesperson - Mr "Can You Hear Me Now?" - and...