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[telecom] When the Landline Is a Lifeline
When the Landline Is a Lifeline By JON BRODKIN JUNE 4, 2014 AT&T and Verizon are pushing hard to shift traditional landline service, which has mostly operated over copper lines, to a system of...
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Handling telemarketers [telecom]
See today's (10 Jun 2014) "The Duplex" comic strip.
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CenturyLink raises unlisted phone rates to $5 a month in Washington state, cites growing competition [Telecom]
May 30, 2014 | By Sean Buckley CenturyLink subscribers in Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Wash., who want an unpublished phone number will see service rates rise from 75 cents to $5 a month, translating into a...
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All the ways your phone can be hacked; article and video [Telecom]
This article: is episode 3 of a 3-episode series; episodes 1 and 2 are linked at the end of this posting of episode 3's extract for the curious. Following is an extract from the beginning of the above...
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Aereo wants a TV revolution, if the Supreme Court will let it [telecom]
By Scott Helman, The Boston Globe, June 05, 2014 Can a daring entrepreneur from Newton and his team of technologists upend the way we watch TV? Only if the Supreme Court doesn't quash their idea...
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Reasonableness and Roaming Charges: In Search of More Definite Standards [telecom]
Posted on CommLawBlog on June 5, 2014 by Donald Evans Sometimes even nationwide carriers need a little reasonableness. The rates that carriers charge one another for providing roaming service have...
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[telecom] T-Mobile and Sprint Zeroing In on a $32 Billion Merger
T-Mobile and Sprint Zeroing In on a $32 Billion Merger By DAVID GELLES and MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED JUNE 4, 2014 Responding to a wave of consolidation in the telecommunications industry, the nation's...
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[telecom] How Not to Pay the Price for Free Wi-Fi
How Not to Pay the Price for Free Wi-Fi JUNE 4, 2014 Stephanie Rosenbloom Part of globe-trotting nowadays is flitting from one free Wi-Fi network to the next. From hotel lobby to coffee shop to subway...
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New Technologies Once Again Blurring the Lines of Copyright Law [telecom\ [telecom]
By Frank Montero, CommLawBlog, June 1, 2014 [Blogmeister's Note: The following article by Frank Montero appeared in Bloomberg BNA's Telecommunications Law Resource Center. The folks at Bloomberg BNA...
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[telecom] Privacy under attack: the NSA files revealed new threats to democracy
Privacy under attack: the NSA files revealed new threats to democracy Thanks to Edward Snowden, we know the apparatus of repression has been covertly attached to the democratic state. However, our...
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[telecom] Anonymous apps tell the unvarnished truth
Anonymous apps tell the unvarnished truth By Hiawatha Bray | GLOBE STAFF MAY 28, 2014 I mock my wife's fondness for celebrity news shows like Access Hollywood. Who cares about the doings of movie...
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[telecom] ISPs sent 1.3M copyright infringement notices to US customers last year
ISPs sent 1.3M copyright infringement notices to US customers last year RIAA chief concedes that the copyright infringement battle has not been won. by David Kravets May 28 2014 Ars Technica
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[telecom] "TrueCrypt is not secure," official SourceForge page abruptly warns
"TrueCrypt is not secure," official SourceForge page abruptly warns Support for decade-old crypto program pulled, touching off Internet firestorm. by Dan Goodin May 28 2014 Ars Technica One of the...
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[telecom] Apple now makes Android and Windows Phone apps
Apple now makes Android and Windows Phone apps By Josh Lowensohn May 28, 2014 One peculiarity in Apple's purchase of Beats for $3 billion, announced earlier today: Beats still makes apps for Android...
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[telecom] Hackers use 'Find My iPhone' to lockout, ransom Mac and iOS device owners in Australia
Hackers use 'Find My iPhone' to lockout, ransom Mac and iOS device owners in Australia By AppleInsider Staff Monday, May 26, 2014 Owners of Macs and iOS devices in Australia woke up on Tuesday to find...
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