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Rules and Resources for Dealing with Unwanted Calls and Texts [telecom]
The Federal Communications Commission plays a crucial role in helping consumers stop unwanted calls and text messages. Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the FCC provides clarity on the law,...
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Time Warner Cable Targets Robocalls with New Offering [telecom]
By Andrew Berg, CED, 01/14/2016 The company Thursday announced a new online sign-up process for Nomorobo, a third-party call-blocking application. TWC says it has integrated the feature into its home...
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Toronto's mayor demands an end to competition for fast, affordable broadband [telecom]
By Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, Jan 12, 2016 In Canada, as in the UK and many other countries (including the USA, until the mid-2000s), the big telcos are required to wholesale their lines to small,...
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Collect call from Rockford to Sycamore, Illinois in 1957 [telecom]
Hi, folks. I have lurked at Telecom-Digest since ~1994. I run a web site called The Payphone Project and keep an eye on this place for discussion related to payphones and public communication, among...
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FCC publishes biennial do-not-call report [telecom]
Every two years the FCC is required to report to the Congress on how the DNC registry is doing. It's doing great, over 222 million numbers registered. Since registrations no longer expire, they've...
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AT&T & Verizon File to Block Kushnick from the FCC's "Special Access" Data... Again. [telecom]
by Bruce Kushnick On October 15th, 2002 -- over 13 years ago -- AT&T filed a Petition with the FCC to investigate the "special access" services that are controlled by the "Bell" companies, now AT&T,...
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Here's Why Verizon's "Better Matters" Ad Is Not Telling the Whole Story [telecom]
The company does have the best network just not by the margin it's suggesting in its latest commercial. It's possible to tell the truth while also being misleading. For example it's true to say that...
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History--60 years ago [telecom]
Happy New Year, everyone! 2016 will mark the 60th anniversary of two momentous events in telephone history: January 1956: AT&T settles anti-trust suit with Justice Dept. It would license existing...
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Companies ask permission to deliver fewer telephone books [telecom]
PIERRE | Dex Media, the publisher of telephone directories for CenturyLink customers in South Dakota, wants state regulators to answer whether the directories have to be the traditional printed copies...
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New FCC rules could hang up phones in prisons, jails [telecom]
By KERY MURAKAMI WASHINGTON - Advocates for prisoners are hailing a move by the Federal Communications Commission to lower the cost of jailhouse calls. But sheriffs and phone service providers say the...
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Verizon's greatest phase in 2015 [telecom]
Nothing can stop Verizon. At least, that's how it appears. The company has three main business segments: wireless, broadband, and pay television. All three faced significant challenges in 2015, and...
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Comcast tops FCC complaint list in 2015 [telecom]
Complaint factory: Angry Internet subscribers tee off against Comcast, Verizon, AT&T People are really mad about Comcast data caps. by Jon Brodkin Comcast, the nation's largest cable company and home...
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Verizon is poaching AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customers [telecom]
It's a great time to be looking for a new cell phone contract as the major U.S. carriers continue to jockey for customers. Verizon unveiled its latest promotion on Monday, offering customers who...
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Uber's No-Holds-Barred Expansion Strategy Fizzles in Germany [telecom]
Uber's No-Holds-Barred Expansion Strategy Fizzles in Germany The ride-hailing company has retreated from several German cities. Its withdrawal from Frankfurt offers a case study of what went wrong....
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App Makers Reach Out to the Teenager on Mobile [telecom]
Over the past decade, advertisers have spent untold millions trying to turn Talia Kocar and her peers in the millennial generation into loyal customers. But on a recent afternoon in Santa Monica,...
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