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CenturyLink is being sued by everyone over deceptive billing [telecom]
By Chris Millis It's not been a good month for CenturyLink. In the last few weeks, a former sales rep turned whistleblower filed a lawsuit against the company, a video surfaced showing the company's...
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Cloud Leak: Verizon Customer Data Exposed by Vendor [telecom]
Cloud Leak: Verizon Customer Data Exposed by Vendor By Jill Leovy Names, phone numbers and other information of millions of customers of Verizon were made available on a publicly accessible storage...
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AT&T, Time Warner hit bumps on way to merger [telecom]
BY Harper Neidig The government's review of the AT&T-Time Warner merger is not going as smoothly as the companies hoped. The $85 billion deal is widely expected to be approved by the Justice...
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AT&T is considering splitting its telecom and media assets after acquiring Time Warner [telecom]
AT&T is considering splitting its telecom and media assets after acquiring Time Warner Inc., giving AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson oversight over two separate divisions. The structure under...
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Verizon data of 6 million users leaked online [telecom]
Verizon confirmed on Wednesday the personal data of 6 million customers has leaked online. The security issue, uncovered by research from cybersecurity firm UpGuard, was caused by a misconfigured...
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Illinois OKs end of landlines [telecom]
Illinois OKs end of landlines, but FCC approval required By Robert Channick An AT&T-backed bill to end traditional landline phone service in Illinois is now the law of the land. Overriding Gov. Bruce...
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The Publishers Clearing House gambit [telecom]
I just got a call, out of the blue, from "Jamaica". My phone showed the number as 876-424-3880, and that's the Jamaican area code, so I guess Jamaica is as good a place as any for it to be from. On...
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CenturyLink Introduces Beta Version of OTT TV Service [telecom]
CenturyLink Inc. CTL recently unveiled the long-awaited over the top (OTT) TV service - beta version of theVirtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor service (V-MVPD). V-MVPD offers a broad...
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CenturyLink customers protest in Northeast Portland [telecom]
PORTLAND, Ore. - Dozens of frustrated consumers protested outside of a CenturyLink office in Northeast Portland Wednesday in response to the company's billing and sales practices. "They agree to a...
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CenturyLink customer warns of scams [telecom]
By Brittany Costello ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Deception, false promises and scare tactics; thieves will go to any lengths to get what they want. One CenturyLink customer is warning of a new scam. One...
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Verizon says T-Mobile's service doesn't work on Thursdays [telecom]
Commentary: After a T-Mobile outage, a Verizon executive tweets that his company's service works every day. Does it? By Chris Matyszczyk There's little more enjoyable than phone carriers carping in...
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Verizon illegally denied Charter access to utility poles, complaint says [telecom]
Verizon illegally denied Charter access to utility poles, complaint says Charter fined for slow Internet rollout but says Verizon delayed construction. By Jon Brodkin Charter Communications has filed...
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Verizon's Roaming Plan Slammed By Customers Over $1,000 Bills [telecom]
Like most carriers, Verizon has moved away from pricey per-MB roaming plans and towards systems that charge a set rate per day. The $10-per-day TravelPass program oh-so-generously lets you use your...
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Verizon Wireless Ripping Off Customers [telecom]
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) says telco giant Verizon Wireless is scamming U.S. travelers to Israel with its TravelPass service. The plan, which promises big savings to customers who travel...
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Centurylink, Verizon, and Windstream chafe at 90-day copper retirement [telecom]
CenturyLink, Verizon and Windstream are once again engaged in a battle over the timelines for copper retirement set by the FCC at a time when new Chairman Ajit Pai is looking to reverse rules set in...
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