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Re: Is it time for a new charset in the Digest?
Well, the comments confirm what I suspected: there's no easy answer. Long story short: there is no way to reliably convert character sets by automatic processing, and I'm tired of doing it by hand....
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FCC net-neutrality comments surpass 3M, beat Janet Jackson 'Wardrobe-gate' for record [telecom]
By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, September 16, 2014 With the public commentary period for the FCC's proposed new net-neutrality rules ending Monday night, the commission reported that the number of...
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Is it time for a new charset in the Digest? [telecom]
I've been using the ISO-8859-1 "Latin1" character set in the Digest for a few years now: we adopted it as the standard after a reader made me awaare that there are no accented characters in ASCII, so...
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New Fast Lane in Open Internet Proceeding [telecom]
By Harry Cole, CommLawBlog, September 14, 2014 FCC provides "bulk upload" option for adding even more comments to the million-plus already on file - now who's going to read them all? When last we took...
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[telecom] Basic fiber optic phone service vs. Fios phone service
A few weeks ago in the consumer column of the Boston Sunday Globe: -or- ... a reader explained that in response to a repair request on their copper phone line, Verizon was forcing (not encouraging)...
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Banks Did It Apple's Way in Payments by Mobile
Banks Did It Apple's Way in Payments by Mobile The eagerness of banks and card companies to work with Apple on its mobile payment system suggests Apple's clout and the concern financial players have...
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Trying to Hit the Brake on Texting While Driving
Trying to Hit the Brake on Texting While Driving People keep texting when they're behind the wheel, so an engineer has found a technological solution. The problem: he can't do it on his own. -or-...
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John Legere says T-Mobile wants to top AT&T in total customers [telecom]
BY TRICIA DURYEE T-Mobile's hard-charging CEO John Legere says when they finish overtaking Sprint later this year in total number of customers, the Bellevue-based carrier is gunning for AT&T. "We will...
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Verizon to Join "Virtual MSO" Fray in Mid-2015 with Wireless TV Service [telecom]
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Verizon Communications expects to launch a wireless TV service late in the first half of 2015, which would combine broadcast networks and an McAdam said at an investor...
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3 Reasons Why Verizon is Superior to AT&T [telecom]
By Brian Nichols Verizon and AT&T are often put in the same sentence, as two highly competitive companies of similar size in the same industry. These companies have similar dividends and trade at...
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Keep Your Data Yours While Traveling
Keep Your Data Yours While Traveling Experts share methods for maintaining security on electronic devices at hotels, airports and other places. Experts share methods for maintaining security on...
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Moonves to stations: Get more retrans money out of pay-TV operators or else [telecom]
By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, September 11, 2014 Seemingly oblivious to the fact that a proposal that would end broadcast-retransmission payments nearly made it onto a Senate bill, CBS Corp....
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Local Choice pulled from Senate bill [telecom]
By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, September 10, 2014 Fearing that their Local Choice proposal is too ambitious for full Congressional approval on a short timeline, the proposal's creators, Sens. Jay...
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NFL is about to lose its fight to save TV blackout rules
NFL is about to lose its fight to save TV blackout rules FCC chairman says "the rules make no sense," schedules vote to remove them. by Jon Brodkin Sept 9 2014 The 40-year-old federal rules that...
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Penalty for driving while texting in Long Island-a disabled cell phone [telecom]
Penalty for driving while texting in Long Island-a disabled cell phone New York prosecutor says driving while texting is as dangerous as drunk driving. by David Kravets Sept 9 2014 Ars Technica...
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