General Telecommunications Forum

AT&T sues California

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/att-sues-california-in-attempt-to-shut-off-old-phone-network/ AT&T sued Cal...

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posted by digest-replies

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[telecom] ATT gets big gov't "emergency comm" contract

those of us with experience as emergency responders have a saying: "If your emergency communications network is relying...

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posted by dannyb

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Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule

Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unl...

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posted by monty

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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/ ... With his new startup,...

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AWS outage again traced to centralization on AWS East 1

https://datacentremagazine.com/news/aws-down-the-billion-dollar-impact-of-cloud-dependency Widespread AWS disruption un...

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Re: Real-time OSs (Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE)

> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> The fact is that with POTS the phone service was assured for days >>>> even in the case of a...

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posted by lars

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VoIP pricing changes at CallCentric

For a number of years, I have been using CallCentric (front-ended by the SoftPhone app) to call my family in Denmark on...

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posted by lars

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[telecom] Feds block over a thousand groups from sending calls to the networks

From: snipped-for-privacy@info.fcc.gov To: FCC Daily Digest snipped-for-privacy@info.fcc.gov> Subject: Daily Digest 202...

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posted by dannyb

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Gardena CA ATT CO Fire

There was a large fire at the ATT CO in Gardena CA. Reports say it was the GRDNCA01 office at the 16200 block of Vermon...

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posted by wb8foz

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Why 1995 Was the Year the Internet Grew Up

https://www.fastcompany.com/91363294/why-1995-was-the-year-the-internet-grew-up The internet wasn’t born whole—it came...

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Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage.

Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage. Our team is investigating. -- banner at the top of https://www.star...

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Large outage among UK telcos

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ee-bt-three-vodafone-o2-down-phone-networks-outage-latest-b2795260.html ... Severa...

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[telecom] that Texas horror ques: what "level" are the NOAA cellphone alerts?

"level" used a bit loosely... expanding: there are diffferent levels of alerts and you can, for example, tell your phon...

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posted by dannyb

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Verizon tries to get out of merger condition requiring it to unlock phones

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/verizon-tries-to-get-out-of-merger-condition-requiring-it-to-unlock-phones/

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posted by monty

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Re: [telecom] 6G Appears To Be A Nervous Mess - "extra extra"

I recommend William Webb's The 6G Manifesto. You can get it for free on Amazon if you sign up for the free trial of Kin...

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posted by cherot

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