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Is Verizon Wireless Sabotaging Older Cell Phones?
I have long had a Nokia 5180 phone (since Xmas 1998, to be exact). It was on its second battery, but eventually couldn't even keep that charged, and I finally decided, this past February, to claim on...
 
Wierd Telephone Problems
Hello: I have this problem with my telephone at home. For incoming calls, sometimes, it would ring once then disconnect the caller. I thought it was my phone, but I bought a new one, and it was the...
 
WQN, Inc. Announces the Introduction of RocketVoIP
[Comment: I have looked over this company's web site a little bit and while they are so new that I can't find any customer reviews of their service, I can say that even if they do give decent service...
 
Online Banking Keeps Customers on Hook for Fees [telecom]
Online Banking Keeps Customers on Hook for Fees By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ October 15, 2011 Customers frustrated by banks' controversial new fees are finding out what industry insiders have known for...
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[telecom] Your employer may share your salary, and Equifax might sell that data
EXCLUSIVE: Your employer may share your salary, and Equifax might sell that data The Equifax credit reporting agency, with the aid of thousands of human resource departments around the country, has...
 
The future of "femtocells"?
OK, I'll ask a predict-the-future question of the gurus on this NG: What's likely to be the future of "femtocells" (aka residential "network extenders")? -- that is, gadgets which connect to a...
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Texting May Be Taking a Toll [Telecom]
Texting May Be Taking a Toll By KATIE HAFNER The New York Times May 26, 2009 They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do...
 
Sprint vs Comcast For Phone Service
I am soon moving to N. Fort Myers, FL. I seem to have two choices for telephone and high speed internet. 1) Comcast cable. I will have it for TV, probably one of the more basic plans. To that I can...
 
Cellular-News for Wednesday 29th February 2006
Cellular-News - 3G ]] Ericsson Gets HSDPA Order From KPN 's Ericsson Tuesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with KPN Mobile for the rollout of a high speed mobile broadband network...
 
E1 alarms (LOS, LOF, AIS, RAI) [telecom]
Hello, I looked for a clear explanation of E1 alarms such as LOS, LOF, AIS & RAI on the Web but could not come up with anything detailed enough. Could anyone clearly explain me these 4 alarms? What...
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Re: Does anyone remember this payphone trick? [Telecom]
In rural areas there was a dial-tone-first "post pay" design that worked a bit differently. One listened for dial tone then dialed the number. Upon actually reaching the desired party (not a busy or...
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Why the Internet Isn't the Death of the Post Office
By JAMES FALLOWS MILLIONS of people now rent their movies the Netflix way. They fill out a wish list from the 50,000 titles on the company's Web site and receive the first few DVD's in the mail; when...
 
Phake Banks and Websites: Ways to Shut Them Down
They call it 'phishing' or 'spoofing' and it is the fastest-growing fraud on the web, netting cyber-criminals millions of pounds, dollars and euros. Sophisticated gangs are setting up fake websites...
 
The Demise Of Legacy Sprint Wireline Services [telecom]
by Keith Cook and Joe Schmidt Almost everyone knows that T-Mobile acquired Sprint last year, and many industry pundits (including we on Staying Connected) have pontificated on what this means for the...
 
AT&T's SynJ extendable range phone system [Telecom]
Can any [Telecom] list members who have any experience (good or bad) with AT&T's SynJ extendable range phone system please email me privately? It's a 4-line DECT 6.0 cordless phone system for POTS...
 
Verizon's computer is confused [telecom]
I'm in the process of writing a story about Verizon's prepaid cellular offering, and in the process of researching the service, I bought and registered a pre-paid cell phone. This afternoon, I got a...