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A 10-Digit Key Code to Your Private Life: Your Cellphone Number [telecom]
A 10-Digit Key Code to Your Private Life: Your Cellphone Number By Steve Lohr A mobile number can be even more valuable than a Social Security number, since it's tied to so many databases and...
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AT&T to limit video quality by default - even on unlimited data plans [telecom]
AT&T to limit video quality by default, even on unlimited data plans Cellular customers can opt out of "Stream Saver," which limits video to 480p. By Jon Brodkin AT&T today said it will begin limiting...
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CenturyLink's mystery gift may come in handy [telecom]
By Lou Marzales Just last week mysterious packages from CenturyLink arrived at various businesses and residences around its service area. They contained a small gift (a Tile, a device that can be...
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Verizon facing loss of coverage in part of Washington, D.C. [telecom]
Verizon faces 'significant loss' of cell coverage in Capitol Riverfront without emergency action By Michael Neibauer Verizon Wireless faces a "significant loss" of cell coverage along the South...
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Yahoo Warns Verizon Could Pull Out of .8B Deal [telecom]
by Alyssa Newcomb It's possible Verizon may say, "Thanks, but no thanks" when it comes to its planned Yahoo acquisition, based on information in Yahoo's latest SEC filing. "There is no assurance" the...
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AT&T May Not Rejoice at $35-a-Month Plan, Though Tightwads Can [telecom]
AT&T's $35-a-month internet TV service could help it win over regulators and customers, but it poses a serious threat to margins. AT&T’s $35-a-month internet TV service could help it win over...
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Verizon, Bait and Switch Is NOT Nice [telecom]
EconMatters is a financial and investing site, but we do occasionally write about improper practices we observed or experienced in Corporate America, the job market, or in a regular consumer business...
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Samsung's culture needs to change if it wants to survive [telecom]
By Steve Kovach Samsung is a company that hates to fail. That may seem obvious (who actually revels in failure?), but most companies don't react to setbacks the way Samsung does.
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This evil office printer hijacks your cellphone connection [telecom]
This evil office printer hijacks your cellphone connection Julian Oliver has for years harbored a strange obsession with spotting poorly disguised cellphone towers, those massive roadside antennae...
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FCC Gives ISPs A Year To Adopt New Opt-in Privacy Regime [telecom]
FCC Gives ISPs Year To Adopt New Opt-in Privacy Regime By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 11/03/2016 The FCC says it will give ISPs a year, and theoretically even longer, to get their subs'...
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A look inside a Verizon switch location [telecom]
Guilty-pleasure department - I don't know why this TV report delights me, but it does: a local things going if the power fails. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
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FTC Do-Not-Call web page redesigned [telecom]
Futile as it seems, I decided to file a do-not-call complaint today. And discovered that the web page for the purpose has been somewhat redesigned. They now ask you for the hour and minute of the day...
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CenturyLink, a Network Provider, to Acquire Level 3, a Rival [telecom]
In a $25 billion deal, the two companies will combine to create one of the largest communications providers for businesses. By Leslie Picker To those familiar with the telecommunications industry, the...
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Sprint and T-Mobile impacting Verizon Wireless [telecom]
By Jeff Kagan Apparently Sprint's and T-Mobile US' growth are having an impact on Verizon Wireless. Why do I say that? Just take a look at what's happening in the advertising world. Verizon Wireless...
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Targeted Ads Seen Curbed by F.C.C.'s New Privacy Rules [telecom]
By Sapna Maheshwari and Cecilia Kang In recent years, companies like Verizon and AT&T have made no secret of their ambitions to build online advertising businesses that can take on the behemoths of...
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