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Katrina Overwhelms Weather Web Sites

Several U.S. weather and news Web sites were deluged by heavy traffic as hordes of people went online seeking emergency...
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posted by reuters
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Telecom Scam

I just received this today. I called to see what the deal was. They required that I made over 50k, I bring my spouse to...
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posted by Eric.Shoaf
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Re: Is Verizon Wireless Sabotaging Older Cell Phones?

[snip] > Hypothesis 2, the more paranoid one: Some people have been suggesting > that Verizon have been deliberately br...
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posted by william_warren_nonoise
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Overseas Phone Calls Get Cheaper

International Wireless Rates Are Finally Starting to Fall; Six Cents a Minute to the U.K. By SARMAD ALI Staff Reporter...
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posted by monty
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United Mileage Plus Visa Cards With 'Blink'

Chase, United Are First to Offer Airline Rewards With 'blink' Technology; United Mileage Plus Visa Cards with 'blink,'...
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posted by monty
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Sid Ceasar and Phones in Comedy

My local PBS showed clips from old shows. The telephone figured in some of them. In one clip, the group got into an arg...
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posted by hancock4
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Re: History of Phone Billing

> I am looking for information on pre-computer and early computer > toll/call billing systems. > Also, information on e...
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posted by hancock4
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New Orleans Phones Are All Out, Also

AT&T has lost multiple DS-3s (probably the whole fiber) between New Orleans and Jackson, MS, and between New Orleans an...
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posted by jbburks
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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'...
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posted by sacrificial_trap
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New Orleans Facing Environmental Disaster

By MATT CRENSON, AP National Writer As Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Monday, experts said it could turn one of A...
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posted by ap
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