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Camp Shohola Communications & Technology Center [telecom]
[referenced from AT&T Archives website.] This camp teaches campers about radio and television broadcasting and related engineering. Camp facilities include a fully operational Strowger switching...
 
Please tell me about online tutorials for CTI and/or VoIP [telecom]
I'm going to take an employment test that includes some questions about Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) and VoIP. If you know of any online tutorials that go beyond basic setup, please pass along...
 
SPRINT announces sked for Nextel shutdown: June 30, 2013 [telecom]
New York (AP) - Sprint says it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones. .... There were 5.4 million...
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[telecom] Broadcasters Warn of Apocalypse in Dish's Ad-Skipping Service
Broadcasters Warn of Apocalypse in Dish's Ad-Skipping Service By David Kravets May 25, 2012 Broadcasters are claiming in federal lawsuits Thursday that Dish Network's DVR service, which allows the...
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Feature Group B CICs and CACs prior to expansion [telecom]
[snip] I don't know what happened behind the curtain, but the phone number used by the "credit card dial up machines" used for Medicaid in the NYC region in (roughly) 1990 was a "950" line.
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[telecom] APPLE-SA-2012-05-07-1 iOS 5.1.1 Software Update
APPLE-SA-2012-05-07-1 iOS 5.1.1 Software Update iOS 5.1.1 Software Update is now available and addresses the following: Safari Available for: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd...
 
Q.: Message waiting light ... how? [telecom]
For about a year, now, sporadically, our little ILEC-supplied, stand-alone, Caller-ID box has taken to flashing an amber "Message Waiting" light after an unanswered inbound call has stopped ringing....
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In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives [telecom]
I read the article, and found it somewhat misleading and not very informative--I don't think it defines the problem very well. First, it seems to focus on the "3G" upgrade. But wasn't there a big rush...
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After a Tower Climber Falls, Stand Down Called for on AT&T Projects [telecom]
After a Tower Climber Falls, Stand Down Called for on AT&T Projects Ryan Knutson, PBS Frontline, and Liz Day ProPublica May 25, 2012 This story was co-published with PBS Frontline. Following a...
 
[telecom] Comcast Launches Free Calling App
Comcast Launches Free Calling App 5/22/12 by Bernie Arnason On the heels of a major wi-fi roaming agreement for the cable industry, Comcast announced today the launch of Voice 2go, a free calling app...
 
[telecom] Web billing biz ransacked, smashed offline by hacktivists
Titsup WHMCS calls the Feds after credit-card megaleak Web billing biz ransacked, smashed offline by hacktivists By John Leyden 22 May 2012 WHMCS, which provides billing and customer support tech to...
 
Microwave Journal Article about the "Fall" of Nortel [telecom]
This May 2012 issue of the Microwave journal which highlights this June's IMS (International Microwave Symposium) at the Palais des Congress de Montreal has an interesting lead-in article titled...
 
[telecom] IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips
IBM Outlaws Siri, Worried She Has Loose Lips By Robert McMillan May 22, 2012 If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital...
 
Better sit down first. Here's another DOJ "good news" clip [telecom]
[Giving you time to move your cup of coffee away from the keyboard] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- Subject: DOJ (yes, really) to Baltimore: citizens *DO* have the right to record your cops DOJ...
 
[telecom] From Comcast, TV as data center
Boston first up to get advanced set-top boxes By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff / May 22, 2012 A new service from cable television giant Comcast Corp. could turn the home TV into a home data center,...
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