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CenturyLink may be playing its cloud cards all wrong [telecom]

by Matt Asay CenturyLink is trying to make itself out as a developer darling to compete with AWS, but this is almost ce...

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AT&T Wants EBB Government Subsidies for Its Broadband Public Utilities in 21 States - Hiding in Plain Sight. [telecom]

By Bruce Kushnick Ever hear of Michigan Bell? How about Southwestern Bell or BellSouth? AT&T has 86 separate entities l...

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Ralph Nader vs. Verizon [telecom]

By Ralph Nader June 4, 2021 Who hasn't had difficulty just getting through the multi-layered, often automated call cent...

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Verizon Is Finally Giving Away iPhones to Win Over 5G Customers [telecom]

By Scott Moritz and Alix Steel * New 5G customers get $1,100 device credit; current users, $800 * The No. 1 U.S. carrie...

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AT&T, Verizon push free iPhones for long-term customers [telecom]

US cellphone carriers offer deep discounts on new smartphones to defend customer base By Drew FitzGerald The Wall Stree...

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CenturyLink Outage in Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina [telecom]

[This is from a site that accepts reports from users. -mod] CenturyLink problems in the last 24 hours in Leicester, Nor...

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Emergency access fails in European nations [telecom]

A seven-hour breakdown of emergency phone line numbers in France was linked Thursday to up to four deaths, including th...

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Florida Takes Page Out Of TCPA's Book With New Legislation [telecom]

by Alysa Hutnik and Lauren Myers The Florida legislature recently passed CS/SB 1120 updating and significantly expandin...

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CWA Sues West Virginia Over Public Workers' Rights [telecom]

June 3, 2021 CWA District 2-13 and CWA Locals 2019, 2001, and 2055 joined the West Virginia AFL-CIO and seven other uni...

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Big Tech sues Florida, saying social media law violates First Amendment [telecom]

Facebook/Twitter lobby sues over law that protects politicians from "censorship." By Jon Brodkin Trade groups represent...

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Verizon Accused Of Fleecing Broadband Customers To Skirt FCC Economic Subsidy Requirements [telecom]

Some families have struggled to afford internet services during the pandemic due to highs price and a waning jobs marke...

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Verizon says forcing people off old plans to get FCC subsidy isn't "upselling" [telecom]

Verizon says it'll reverse subsidy restriction after "complex" billing-system update. By Jon Brodkin Verizon is defendi...

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Verizon grows content leverage compared to 'subscale' Fios [telecom]

by Ben Munson Verizon reported 82,000 Fios Video net losses during the first quarter of 2021, dropping its total to app...

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FTC files complaint against Frontier Communications over broadband services [telecom]

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Frontier Communications. The FTC claims the company did not...

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Frontier Communications is born of bankruptcy [telecom]

Frontier Communications will exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday and return to the public stock market next week. The...

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