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Comcast Raising Ceiling for Broadband Data Trials to 1 Terabyte [telecom]

By Jeff Baumgartner, MultiChannel News, 4/27/2016 Comcast's controversial trial of usage-based broadband policies in se...

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Will the FCC Stop Verizon & AT&Tâ€™s Manipulation o f Financial Accounting & Special Access (BDS) Overcharges? [telecom]

By Bruce Kushnick On April 28th, 2016, the FCC started the process to take actions to fix the broken $40 billion specia...

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DOes The Verizon Strike Signal A Resurgence Of Labor? [telecom]

BY Arne L. Kalleberg Opinion The ongoing strike by nearly 40,000 Verizon workers - the largest work stoppage in the Uni...

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Verizon offers union its 'last, best and final offer' [telecom]

In a statement released Thursday, Verizon said that it had met with union leaders and presented them with a contract af...

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Nashville Gets Its Google Fiber [telecom]

By Laura Hamilton, CED, 04/28/2016 Nashville's been wondering where exactly Google Fiber was going to launch in the cit...

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CenturyLink says FCC should deny Windstream's UNE loop request [telecom]

By Sean Buckley CenturyLink is taking another shot in the special access war, saying that Windstream's request for the...

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CenturyLink Hikes Sneaky 'Internet Cost Recovery' Fee [telecom]

by Karl Bode One of the most misleading practices in the broadband industry is the tactic of adding sneaky, below the l...

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Frontier Fields Customer Complaints After Switch-Over From Verizon [telecom]

Company acquired millions of phone, TV and Internet accounts in three states this month By DREW FITZGERALD Frontier Com...

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Are You Following Me Now? Striking Verizon Workers Keep Tabs on Their Replacements [telecom]

Union members in New York trail temporary workers to homes; "Why drag our customers into this labor dispute?" By ZOLAN...

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Verizon Strike A Fight For Future of Labor [telecom]

by Martha C. White As the communication workers strike against Verizon enters its second week, it has grown increasingl...

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If Verizon takes a hit, blame Bernie Sanders [telecom]

By Emily Stewart Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been relentless in his attacks on Verizon over th...

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Sending call-center work overseas key issue in Verizon strike [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that at a time when Verizon's rivals Comcast and RCN Telecom Services are bringing c...

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Verizon and Hearst to Create TV for Mobile Millennial Viewers [telecom]

Seeking to entertain the elusive millennial, Verizon Communications and Hearst announced on Wednesday the formation of...

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No Phones for You! Chic Businesses Are Abandoning Landlines [telecom]

To New Yorkers, greater Mulberry Street is typically considered NoLIta, unless it's northern Chinatown, or to those old...

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USDA Seeks Apps for $11.7 Million in Broadband Grants for Rural Areas [telecom]

By Laura Hamilton, CED, Tue, 04/19/2016 Rural areas need broadband access, but service providers can often find that it...

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