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Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? [Telecom]

This editorial in Business Week about the need for more R&D facilities like Bell Labs to revive the U.S. economy might...

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bernies

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Internet turns 40 [Telecom]

Aug 30, 3:00 PM (ET) By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK (AP) - Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team...

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diespammers

10 17yrs diespammers

Coupons You Don't Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone

Coupons You Don't Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone By JENNA WORTHAM August 29, 2009 Hunter Gilmore was never big on clippin...

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monty

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Re: NYS mandates "large print" for utility bills [Telecom]

>> Effective alternatives: >> >> 1) Online billing (which saves trees as well, and is worth doing >> for its own sake),...

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Wesrock

16 17yrs Wesrock

15 years jail time for texting while driving in Utah [Telecom]

Now we're seeing some reasonable laws -- Utah is characterizing texting-while-driving the same as DUI. Long full story...

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thad

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Re: Quote of the day - or maybe of the decade [Telecom]

> My cable carrier recently 'upgraded' our system with digital. > The cable boxes (required now) send stuff back, so th...

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nmclain

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Re: Pop song phone number goes up for auction [Telecom]

> Neal McLa >> Acknowledged. Still, I'm surprised that the station's management >> didn't insist on including the entir...

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nmclain

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3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card Numbers [Telecom]

3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card Numbers By BRAD STONE August 18, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - The man who prosecutors s...

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monty

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Re: my future telephones [telecom]

|There's a variety of hacks. The easiest is to observe that most VoIP |traffic uses UDP port 5060 so the router can mov...

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ddl

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NYS mandates "large print" for utility bills [Telecom]

[AP story] "[Gov. Paterson signed a bill that] requires utilities, energy companies, municipalities, telephone companie...

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dannyb

18 17yrs dannyb

Re: [telecom] FTC tightening up rules against "robocalls". But..

> ***** Moderator's Note ***** > > The new rule has an exception for calls where the victim gave > written consent. I c...

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Wesrock

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[telecom] FTC tightening up rules against "robocalls". But..

but... there are still plenty of loopholes. And this also doesn't address the huge lack of movement by the FTC on most...

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dannyb

7 17yrs dannyb

Texting (and cell phone usage) while driving movie: the consequences [Telecom]

I wish there was a way to force all the [motorists] who use cell phones and/or text while driving to view this [Public...

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thad

24 17yrs thad

Re: my future telephones [telecom]

|****** Moderator's Note ***** | |Please explain what "G.711u" means, and why you chose that option. I'd |also apprecia...

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ddl

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Quote of the day - or maybe of the decade [Telecom]

The following is excerpted from a court finding which is published at http://www.raptorware.com/drudge/51%20-%20Order%2...

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bill.remove

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