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What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away [telecom]

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," the philosopher Blaise Pascal wro...

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AT&T Midwest, AT&T Legacy T, and AT&T Southeast Bargaining Update [telecom]

This week, CWA members at AT&T across the country continued to meet with members of Congress dropping off handwritten l...

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bill

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CWA Statement on House Open Internet Vote [telecom]

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Today the House of Representatives voted to make Open Internet protections the law of the lan...

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bill

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Protecting Call Center Jobs in Colorado and Maine [telecom]

CWAers across the country continue to make progress on passing legislation to protect call center jobs from offshoring!...

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bill

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911 Flaw In New Pinpoint System [telecom]

911 Flaw In New Pinpoint System NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - If you call 911 from a cell phone, can first responders find you...

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bill

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EDITORIAL: Scam-proofing advice for all ages [telecom]

If you count yourself among the crowd that struggles with matters related to the modern age of technology and informati...

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bill

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'Do not call them back!': FCC warns of late-night scam calls [telecom]

By Hamza Shaban In the middle of the night, the calls come in waves, going silent after a ring or two. It's no one you...

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bill

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Re: Arizona joins majority of nation in enacting texting while driving ban [telecom]

> On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 3:56:46 PM UTC-4, Barry Margolin wrote: > >> A number of states also have laws that say you...

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mds

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Court grants Youngevity International's motion to subpoena man's phone records from Verizon Wireless [telecom]

SAN DIEGO - Youngevity International's motion to reopen discovery in a case was granted in U.S. District Court in the S...

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bill

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Don't Buy a 5G Phone Yet [telecom]

Your phone company is going to start bombarding you with ads for 5G phones soon, but you should ignore them - at least...

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bill

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[telecom] I got one of those letters

I still have POTS at home (long story). I got a letter from Verizon yesterday that they are upgrading their facilities...

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Benefits of FirstNet touted at meeting [telecom]

By Mike Anich JOHNSTOWN - Potential benefits of the new, burgeoning nationwide wireless FirstNet system for Fulton Coun...

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bill

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Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Selling Customers' Data [telecom]

The lawsuits come after a Motherboard investigation showed AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile sold phone location data that end...

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bill

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Would You Let the Police Search Your Phone? [telecom]

We are much more likely to give consent than we think. By Roseanna Sommers and Vanessa K. Bohns Law enforcement officer...

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monty

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Congress Is Ready to Attack a Common Enemy: Robocallers [telecom]

Swamped by angry constituents demanding action and bedeviled themselves by obnoxious and fraudulent robocalls, Congress...

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monty

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