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FCC decides text messaging isn't broken and doesn't need fixing [telecom]

By David Nicklaus Americans send nearly 5 billion text messages a day because it's fast, convenient and mostly spam-fre...

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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year from your favorite dysfunctional family: Nancy Eshelman [telecom]

By Nancy Eshelman, Special to PennLive Last year, right around this time, I wrote a Christmas letter from a fictional d...

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Owners of Land Next to or Under Railroad Rights of Way May Be Eligible for Cash Payments [telecom]

Current and Former Owners of Land Next to or Under Railroad Rights of Way May Be Eligible for Cash Payments from Class...

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Top telco executives make their 2019 predictions [telecom]

by Mike Robuck With 2018 rapidly heading toward the rearview mirror, it's time to take a look at what might be coming d...

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The operator CenturyLink blocked access to the Internet for the sake of displaying their ads [telecom]

(This is a translated version of a site that appears in a language other than English.) Posted by: Julia Trepalina In e...

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How I Quit Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon [telecom]

Plus: a how-to guide if you want to quit the biggest companies in tech. It was just before closing time at a Verizon st...

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How Hackers Bypass Gmail 2FA at Scale [telecom]

How Hackers Bypass Gmail 2FA at Scale A new Amnesty International report goes into some of the technical details around...

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Two Android apps used in combat by US troops contained severe vulnerabilities [telecom]

Apps were meant for training, never approved for combat. Whistleblower's efforts helped shed light on vulnerabilities,...

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Flashback: Verizon, Google and the Future of the Net [telecom]

***** Moderator's Note ***** This is an "oldie but goodie" that came up in my search today. It just doesn't /seem/ old...

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Telephone Service Outage Restored In North Douglas County, OR [telecom]

A telephone service outage impacting parts of North Douglas County has been restored. An update from the Douglas County...

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Utah customers complain when CenturyLink interrupts their service with a pop-up ad [telecom]

By Sean P. Means Utahns who get their internet service from CenturyLink are complaining about a recent interruption in...

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A fraudulent charge on my phone bill - but where's the credit? [telecom]

Bernice Lu has a fraudulent charge on her Verizon Wireless bill, and she can't seem to get rid of it. Did she call Jama...

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How the new AT&T could bully its way to streaming domination [telecom]

Without net neutrality rules, telecom-backed streaming services are free to fight dirty By Karl Bode After decades of s...

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Charter agrees to pay millions back to customers for .. lying [telecom]

[NY Daily News] After being accused of defrauding its internet subscribers, Charter Communications Monday agreed to a w...

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EFF's guide to creepy, surveillant Christmas gifts [telecom]

Topping the Electronic Frontier Foundation's don't-buy for Christmas list: Facebook's Portal in-home spycams, followed...

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