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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...
 
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...
 
CenturyLink Is Not Wells Fargo [telecom]
CenturyLink Is Not Wells Fargo Summary * CenturyLink took a hit over the last couple of weeks due to lawsuits claiming similar sales practices to Wells Fargo. * The investment thesis for CenturyLink...
 
Class-action lawsuit against CenturyLink filed in Colorado court [telecom]
DENVER -- The legal troubles for CenturyLink appear to be growing after lawyers with Geragos and Geragos Law Firm filed a class-action lawsuit against the company Monday. The attorneys have teamed up...
 
Centurylink sued for alleged fraud [telecom]
Lawsuit filed against CenturyLink for fraudulently added services By Holly Morrison DENVER - A class action lawsuit has been filed against CenturyLink in Colorado, according to [tv station] FOX31...
 
How dare you try to call Verizon? [telecom]
I've just sold my home in Massachusetts. I tried to call Verizon, in Massachusetts, to have the phone disconnected. The number that's on the Verizon website goes to Verizon Wireless. The brain-dead...
 
Verizon Testing Drone-enabled Network for Disaster Zones [telecom]
Communication and coordination are vital to the handling of any major disaster. In the case of floods and hurricanes, telecoms infra- structure is often the first thing to go under. Without it, first...
 
Verizon show Yahoo News Digest the door [telecom]
Verizon shows Yahoo News Digest, a finite news app, the door The Yahoo News Digest, a modern relic of the ancient time of finite news (a.k.a. a newspaper), is being sent to the app graveyard. The...
 
Verizon Is Killing Tumblr'S Fight For Net Neutrality [telecom]
One of the open internet's fiercest defenders has a new boss by Kaitlyn Tiffany In 2014, Tumblr was on the front lines of the battle for net neu- trality. The company stood alongside Amazon,...
 
AT&T makes preparations for Tropical Storm Cindy [telecom]
AT&T says it is ready for Tropical Storm Cindy with an arsenal of disaster response equipment and personnel on standby. The company says that it has started its storm preparedness process as we...
 
Watchdog Refers Verizon To FCC And FTC Over Broadband Ads [telecom]
By Wendy Davis An ad industry watchdog says it will refer Verizon to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission for refusing to participate in an investigation of ads touting...
 
Verizon already killed its secret unlimited hotspot deal [telecom]
By Chris Mills In this week's special edition of We Can't Ever Have Nice Things, Verizon has killed off a quiet unlimited hotspot deal it was providing to the Family Motor Coach Association. While it...
 
Farewell to the 1A ESS [telecom]
Newsgroups: Subject: RIP 1AESS Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews Abusers - Beltway Annex Seen: In the early hours of June 3, 2017 an era ended at AT&T with the retirement of the last 1AESS...
 
Centurylink accused of running Wells-Fargo-like scheme [telecom]
CenturyLink Is Accused of Running a Wells Fargo-Like Scheme A former employee alleges she lost her job after raising concerns about fraudulent billings. by Polly Mosendz and Scott Moritz A former...
 
Fired Arizona CenturyLink employee files lawsuit alleging fraud [telecom]
A Gilbert (Arizona) woman has filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired after raising concerns about CenturyLink employees fraudulently signing customers up for accounts without authorization. According...