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High prices, low speeds and fraud plague U.S. aid to keep people online [telecom]
By Tony Romm The complaints began pouring into Washington this summer, the criticism directed at Assurance Wireless, a little-known company owned by the telecom giant T-Mobile. In Sun Valley, Calif.,...
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Verizon blackout of Nexstar stations will impact Pennsylvania Senate debate viewers [telecom]
Here's how Verizon Fios subscribers can watch and stream when John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz debate tonight. By Nick Vadala If you have Verizon Fios TV as your cable provider, you may run into issues...
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Is the Kroll Settlement Administration LLC Text Message a Scam or Legit? [telecom]
The genuine text message mentioned a T-Mobile data breach from 2021 and said recipients were "eligible for benefits from a class action settlement." By Jordan Liles A text message, email, or letter...
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Activist groups call on T-Mobile to stop providing cell service to the Guantanamo Bay prison site [telecom]
By Caroline Haskins A coalition of 22 organizations is calling on T-Mobile to end its work with the Department of Defense providing cell service to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and detention camp....
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NJ: Bills target Verizons push to stop paying taxes on poles, wires [telecom]
By: Nikita Biryukov For years, municipal tax officials have received letters from Verizon with a simple message: The company would no longer pay property taxes on telephone poles, lines, and other...
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Verizon notifies prepaid customers their accounts were breached [telecom]
Verizon warned an undisclosed number of prepaid customers that attackers gained access to Verizon accounts and used exposed credit card info in SIM swapping attacks. "We determined that between...
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AT&T quietly cuts another 2,500 jobs [telecom]
By Iain Morris America's oldest provider of telecom services continued its zero-touch mission with the quiet elimination of another 2,500 jobs between July and September. AT&T typically ejects tens of...
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AT&T slapped with $23M fine, former exec charged for playing politics in Illinois [telecom]
By Diana Goovaerts AT&T struck a deal with federal officials to resolve allegations it indirectly paid a state lawmaker in Illinois to secure support for legislation which freed it of an obligation to...
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[telecom] The IRS strikes back against robocallers
Very few issues would touch a red button like talking to a tax practitioner or a taxpayer trying to reach the IRS by phone. In recent years it has felt like Mission Impossible. Last week the IRS began...
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Verizon CEO: 'This is our peak year' for network investments [telecom]
Verizon CEO: ‘This is our peak year’ for network investments By Brad Smith Verizon (VZ) doesn't plan to moderate its network infrastructure investment, even as recession concerns loom. "I think...
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New Lawsuit Filed Against SCE Over Fairview Fire In Hemet [telecom]
(CNS) – Another group of families is suing Southern California Edison Co., alleging the utility’s negligence is linked to the outbreak of the destructive Fairview Fire last month in Riverside...
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s fiber expansion in Vermont gets a $9M boost [telecom]
By Diana Goovaerts Consolidated Communications laid out plans to deploy fiber to more than 19,000 locations across Vermont next year, using a combination of its own money, federal funds and a state...
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State sues SCE and T-Mobile, saying they caused the Silverado fire in OC in 2020 [telecom]
The blaze forced the evacuation of 90,000 and critically burned two Orange County Fire Authority firefighters By Tony Saavedra The state forestry department has sued Southern California Edison and...
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Pay cuts push 300 T-Mobile customer service reps to form union [telecom]
October 21, 2022 10:02 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg SEATTLE —T-Mobile’s pay cuts last year, which cost each worker thousands of dollars in yearly pay, and the firm’s threat for more layoffs...
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T-Mobile US builds a commanding lead over rivals AT&T and Verizon [telecom]
By Martyn Warwick In the US, T-Mobile is enjoying a prolonged purple patch at the expense of its green-with-envy rivals as better news after already good news lifts the “un-carrier” mobile...
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