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articles on "cramming" [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer had several articles on "cramming", a sleazy practice by telephone companies. impact on consu...

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[telecom] FCC may kill 911 access for unregistered mobile phones

h/t to Lauren of Privacy Digest for the pointer ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 07:31:34...

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Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24 hours a day

Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24 hours a day [Updated] Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

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monty

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Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion in Cash

Verizon to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion in Cash http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/business/dealbook/verizon-to-buy-aol-for-4...

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FCC refuses broadband industry demand [telecom]

by Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, May 8, 2015 The Federal Communications Commission today denied the requests of five broad...

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Need to contact network-auth.com (with a bug report) [telecom]

network-auth.com is used by Motel 6 locations with their charged-for wifi . There is a long-standing bug that authentic...

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Telecommunications from a small farmer's viewpoint [telecom]

I'm on vacation in North Carolina, travelling around looking for a good house to retire in, and I stayed at the Snaggy...

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bill

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Facing a hostile crowd at INTX, Wheeler stands firm [telecom]

Brian Santo, CEDmagazine, 05/07/2015 Chicago - Facing a hostile audience, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made it clear he is...

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Microsoft wants Verizon to ID suspected Windows pirates [telecom]

Computerworld by Gregg Keizer Microsoft last week asked a federal court to let it serve a subpoena on Verizon to force...

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bill

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Video Piracy Battle Enters Latest Round: Mobile Apps [telecom]

With the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout, live streaming from mobile apps was just one of the new piracy headaches facing medi...

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monty

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The Dreaded Bundle Comes to Internet TV [telecom]

By Tim Wu, The New Yorker, May 3, 2015 Dish television and Sony have introduced new ways of selling Internet TV. Will t...

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DOJ, having gotten stung, placing Calamine Lotion on Stingrays [telecom]

[wsj] U.S. Will Change Stance on Secret Phone Tracking Justice Department will review more about the use of such device...

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dannyb

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Comcast Folds. No Dancing In the Streets Yet. [telecom]

Comcast Folds. No Dancing In the Streets Yet Apr 26, 2015 Monday Note We may have dodged the Comcast/Time Warner bullet...

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monty

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Is it legal to sell some area code 408 numbers? [telecom]

I have a few phone numbers in area code 408 (San Jose, California, area) that I'd like to advertise for sale, with an e...

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Verizon caught upselling customers higher data rates with promises of "smoother" NetFlix [telecom]

Verizon caught upselling customer to excessive Internet plans for "smoother" Netflix by Chris Leo Palermino Verizon sal...

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bill

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