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BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/19/bt_confirms_nationwide_3g_switch/ BT has updated the schedule to phase out 3G se...

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[telecom] Google To Pay Phone Users $62M In Location Tracking Suit

(forwarding from: From: Telecommunications Law360 snipped-for-privacy@law360.com ) TOP NEWS Google To Pay Phone Users $...

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re: ISP performance by type

> "Peter Sevcik and I just published a report on the comparative > performance of 5G fixed wireless (T-Mobile & Verizon...

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ISP performance by type

from Rebecca Wetzel at https://www.netforecast.com/: "Peter Sevcik and I just published a report on the comparative per...

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FCC waives Lifeline requirements for Hawai'i FEMA recipients

https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/fcc-waives-lifeline-eligibility-rules-for-hawaii-fema-recipients/d/d-id/786280?...

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USDA announces $667 million in rural broadband funding

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23837593/biden-broadband-usda-reconnect-internet-rural-farms ... The USDA’s ReConn...

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Shortwave Modernization Petition: Using high power SW transmitters for trading

Hello! Some interesting articles about using SW to do data transmissions. Internet has a too high latency for these tra...

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Resource: Submarine Cable Map

The Submarine Cable Map is, unsurprisingly, a map of the world's transoceanic cable runs. https://www.submarinecablemap....

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[meta] New Moderator

Hi folks. Bill Horne has been wanting to step back from moderator duties for a while -- quite literally, to spend more...

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Tired of expensive internet? Your cell phone company might have a cheaper option - Saving You Money [telecom]

By Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Few things are more infuriating than negotiating a bill with your ca...

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T-Mobile US CIO hits the road [telecom]

T-Mobile US CIO and EVP Brian King announced plans to depart the company after more than 25 years, the latest shake-up...

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FCC ULS Reopened, Except Electronic Batch Filing System [telecom]

(I received this in a bulletin from the American Radio Relay League - Mod) In an FCC notice published on June 21, 2023,...

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Washington Alleges Bellevue's T-Mobile Is Uncooperative in Data Security Probe [telecom]

Washington Alleges Bellevue's T-Mobile Is Uncooperative in Data Security Probe Camilo Fonseca / The Seattle Times (TNS)...

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FCC Proposes Rules To Further Tighten, Codify Various TCPA Consent Requirements [telecom]

by Stephen T. Sharbaugh and Martin L. Stern The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to further ti...

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28 Attorneys General Ask For Major TCPA Consent Changes [telecom]

by David O. Klein On March 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") issued a Report and Order and Furthe...

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