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AT&T enhances 1 Gbps fiber-based broadband reach in 10 markets [telecom]

AT&T enhances 1 Gbps fiber-based broadband reach in 10 markets including Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles By Sean Buckley, F...

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Are telephone surveys statistically valid? [telecom]

With the coming of the election season, I've been bombarded with telephone survey calls on my landline. No sooner than...

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Pay-TV industry reacts as court upholds FCC's net neutrality rules [telecom]

By Ben Munson, FierceCable, June 14, 2016 A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today voted to uphold the sweeping net neutra...

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History - old telephone directories available on-line from Ancestry [telecom]

The history website, Ancestry.com, offers old city directories as an aid to research. Some of the directories are old ci...

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Court Upholds FCC's Net Neutrality Rules [telecom]

By John Eggerton, B&C, 6/14/2016 In a big victory for the FCC, the Obama Administration and FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, a...

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[telecom] Live radio broadcast from The Telephone Museum in Ellsworth, Maine, Weds 6/15/2016, 7-8PM ET

Telecom Digest readers might find this week's edition of Off The Hook interesting. It will air live on WBAI-FM 99.5 MHz...

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Federal Court allows Police Warrantless Access to Cell Phone Location Data [telecom]

by Nicholas Lavino (CN) - Police do not need a warrant to acquire cellphone-location data from wireless companies, the...

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Appeals Court Overturns Privacy Win in Phone-Tracking Case [teleccom]

by Jacob Gershman Police don't need a warrant to track the cellphones of criminal suspects, a federal appeals court rul...

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History -- long distances rates 1927 [telecom]

I found some ads listing Bell System toll rates from New York City (Manhattan) to various points. By way of comparison,...

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Power ring continues briefly after answer [telecom]

I could not find this in the archives. I am served by Centurylink in central North Carolina. Some time (a year or so) a...

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Today's telephone operator workforce?

In the distant past, when there was a telephone worker strike, there would be some adverse impact on placing certain te...

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As Verizon Strikers Return, Focus Returns to Wireless [telecom]

As striking workers for Verizon (VZ) return to their posts today, shareholders of the telecom giant hope the erosion in...

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The Verizon Strike Proves the Internet Still Needs Humans [telecom]

by Klint Finley NEARLY 40,000 VERIZON workers are heading back to work tomorrow after a six-and-half-week strike. Last...

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Rise of Ad-Blocking Software Threatens Online Revenue [telecom]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/business/international/smartphone-ad-blocki ng-software-mobile.html A report suggests...

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4th Circuit: Cops don't need warrants for cellco location info [telecom]

[Josephats] U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data Police do not need a warrant to obtain a pers...

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