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Re: phone numbers [telecom]
By land area, most of the country was/is independent. But, by population, most of the country was/is Bell, regardless of state. Yet some states mandated toll alerting while other states did not. S
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[telecom] Your Online Attention, Bought in an Instant
Your Online Attention, Bought in an Instant By NATASHA SINGER November 17, 2012 YOU can be sold in seconds. No, wait: make that milliseconds. The odds are that access to you - or at least the online...
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Was "Wall Street" ever out of service? [telecom]
Thanks for reading this: I have a question for the historians on the list. My brother says he read (somewhere) that the ESS telephone exchanges that serve Wall Street in New York City were out of...
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ATT and Verizon MTSOs [telecom]
Does anyone know how many MTSOs do ATT and Verizon have all over the US? A list of the MTSOs sites would be great. Thanks, Fred. ***** Moderator's Note ***** An MTSO is a Mobile Telecommunications...
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Papa John's [telecom]
One supermarket clerk told me that the number was needed in case there was a product recall on anything I bought....e.g. salmonella poisoning. That make sense, if it's true.
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[telecom] NASA Says Staff Information Was on Stolen Laptop
NASA Says Staff Information Was on Stolen Laptop By NICOLE PERLROTH NOVEMBER 14, 2012 NASA told its staff this week that a laptop containing sensitive personal information for a large number of...
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[telecom] iOS apps hijack Twitter accounts, post false "confessions" of piracy
iOS apps hijack Twitter accounts, post false "confessions" of piracy Dictionary app maker's move is the very definition of how not to fight theft. by Jon Brodkin Nov 13 2012 Ars Technica An iOS...
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[telecom] Papa John's faces class-action suit for alleged barrage of spam texts
Papa John's faces class-action suit for alleged barrage of spam texts Plaintiffs say pizza chain hired company to serve thousands of unwanted texts. by Megan Geuss Nov 13 2012 Ars Technica A judge...
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[telecom] Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, real-world speeds at 700 Mbps
Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, real-world speeds at 700 Mbps Startup founder: "It's unbelievable. I'm probably not going to leave the house." by Cyrus Farivar Nov 13 2012 Ars Technica Mike...
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[telecom] FCC's Rosenworcel calls for 'conversation' over reliability of cellphones in emergencies
FCC's Rosenworcel calls for 'conversation' over reliability of cellphones in emergencies By Brendan Sasso 11/13/12 The Hill Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democratic member of the Federal Communications...
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[telecom] MBTA rolls out mobile ticketing for commuter rail riders
MBTA rolls out mobile ticketing for commuter rail riders Boston Business Journal by Patricia Resende, Managing Editor MHT November 12, 2012 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and state...
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[telecom] U.S. gov. accidentally publishes own short-URL 'admin' API key
U.S. gov. accidentally publishes own short-URL 'admin' API key Summary: Days after the short-URL service's API became available to U.S. government employees, the department accidentally published the...
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[telecom] 1.7M mobile apps analyzed: Users tracked and put at risk, and it's unjustified
1.7M mobile apps analyzed: Users tracked and put at risk, and it's unjustified Summary: Network security company Juniper Networks investigated 1.7 million mobile apps. It concluded that free apps cost...
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[telecom] US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month
US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month The third-quarter drop in SMS use was the first ever in the U.S., showing the effects of IP-based messaging systems, a report says By Stephen...
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[telecom] 20 years of GSM digital mobile phones
20 years of GSM digital mobile phones How far the cellphone has come since the Nokia 1011 By Caleb Cox 9 November 2012 The Register Twenty years ago today, on 9 November 1992, Nokia launched the...
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