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Verizon technician admits he sold customer data for years [telecom]

A former Verizon Wireless network technician in Alabama has admitted to using company computers to steal and sell priva...

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bill

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Mystery Calls [telecom]

I have been getting several calls a day to my Google Voice number from seemingly random callerids. If I answer, nobody...

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usenet

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Phone Makers Could Prevent Texting by Drivers. Why don't they? [telecom]

Apple and digital giants have developed potentially lifesaving technology to block texting while driving, but it's stil...

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monty

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Snowden on Google Allo: "Don't Use It" [telecom]

Following the launch of Google's messaging app "Allo" and its accompanying Assistant bot, security experts are up in ar...

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bill

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How to send posts to The Telecom Digest [telecom]

I got a complaint from a reader about bounced emails that he submitted: I'm sending these instructions on how to send n...

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The problem with that cellphone alert about the Chelsea bombing suspect [telecom]

The Problem With That Cellphone Alert About the Chelsea Bombing Suspect A few minutes before 8 a.m. Monday, millions of...

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monty

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Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped [telecom]

Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped. The internet company, [which is] being bought by Verizon, sa...

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monty

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CenturyLink plans thousands of job cuts this fall [telecom]

By Mike Rogoway CenturyLink, Oregon's largest phone company, plans to lay off as many as 3,500 workers nationwide by th...

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bill

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Sorry, Verizon customers, no unlimited data for you [telecom]

by Roger Cheng Verizon once again slammed the door shut on the idea of unlimited data. "At the end of the day, people d...

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bill

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Hey, Check Out My New Phone! It Does Nothing.

Hey, Check Out My New Phone! It Does Nothing. By Ryan Knutson The crowd gasped with oohs and aahs when Chris Sheldon pu...

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monty

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Allo's Tryout: 5 Days With Google's Annoying Office Intern [telecom]

Google's new chat app promises to stand out from a crowded field by bringing artificial intelligence into conversations...

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monty

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AT&T Lab's Project AirGig Nears First Fiedld Trials [telecom]

AT&T Labs' Project AirGig Nears First Field Trials for Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband Over Power Lines Urban, Rural and...

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nmclain.remove-this

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Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect [telecom]

Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect It is believed to be the first such deployment of the n...

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monty

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BroadBand Alternatives in Philadelphia PA (USA) Suburbs? [telecom]

Specifically Paoli. Recently got the note from Verizon about dinging me $2.80 per month if I don't buy a new router fro...

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PeteCress

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Re: Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Were to Aid New Yorkers. An Unsavory Side Has Spurred a Retreat. [telecom]

>Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Were to Aid New Yorkers. An Unsavory Side Has Spurred a >Retreat. Err, no. They're a method of insta...

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