15.02.2007
FCC, FTC Challenged To Protect Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality• Internet Providers Ponder Bandwidth Limits For Heavy Users• Comcast, Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent• Will Antitrust Law Save Net Neutrality?• Few Are Neutral in Net Neutrality Battles• Net Neutrality Supporters Testify• Comcast Blocks Public From FCC Hearing• Congress Gets Net Neutrality Legislation•... |
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15.02.2007
Texas Sues Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel• Sprint PCS• "Wireless Web"• Billing Problems• Unauthorized Charges• Forced "Bundling"• Telemarketing---News• Sprint Settles Lawsuit, Will Unlock California Phones• Sprint: Don`t Call Us, We`ll Call You• Texas Sues Sprint Nextel• Sprint Tops Our Wireless Broadband Comparison• NYC Sues... |
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06.02.2007
Samsung to Pay $90 Million in Price-Fixing Settlement
Samsung has agreed to pay $90 million settlement to settle charges filed by a coalition of state attorneys general that it used illegal price-fixing tactics to drive up the cost of computer memory chips. Samsung has also agreed to assist the states in litigating against other computer chip manufacturers that participated in the price-fixing conspiracy. "Consumers,... |
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02.02.2007
Telemarketer Fined $1 Million
A "voice broadcaster" charged with making tens of millions of illegal automated telemarketing calls has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).A federal district court action brought by DOJ on behalf of the Commission alleges that the Florida-based... |
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02.02.2007
Wireless Users Frown on Automated Customer Care
Wireless Satisfaction• Wireless Users Frown on Automated Customer Care• Wireless Satisfaction Slumps• Customer Churn Increasing, Study Warns• Cell Phone Users Unhappy, Survey Finds• Cell Phone Carriers Agree to Ground Rules in 32 States---• More about Cell Phones ...Customers who phone in their problems don`t like having them... |
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31.01.2007
Mistakes Abound on Telephone-Tax Refund Requests
Telephone Excise Tax• Mistakes Abound on Telephone-Tax Refund Requests• One-Time IRS Credit for Telephone Tax• Feds Surrender, Kill 108-Year-Old Telephone Tax• Congress Considers Permanent Ban on Internet Tax• Taxes, Fees & Regs Add 18% to Cell Phone Bills---Spanish-American War Drawing: Library of Congress The Internal Revenue... |
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30.01.2007
Advertisers Fined for Deceptive Use of Adware
New York has reached settlements with three major online advertisers limiting the promotion of products and services on the Internet through deceptively installed programs known as "adware," Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced.The agreements, with Priceline.com, Travelocity.com and Cingular Wireless mark the first time law enforcement has held advertisers... |
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30.01.2007
Cell Phones Invade Qantas, Emirates Air
Cells Aloft/Adrift• Airlines Compete for Inflight Internet• Cell Phones Invade Qantas, Emirates Air• Study Warns Cell Phones Could Cause Airliner Crash• Cell Phones Go to Sea• FAA Leery Of Cell Phone Use On Airliners• Feds Want to Eavesdrop on Airborne Internet Users• Astronomers Worried About Cell Phones on Airliners•... |
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26.01.2007
Verizon Wireless Raises Text Message Rate
Verizon Wireless• Rates• Coverage• Contracts• "Perpetual" Contracts• Billing Disputes• Other Verizon Services---News• Verizon Wireless Opens Network to All Devices, Software• Verizon Agrees to Stop `Unlimited` Claims• Verizon Wireless Changes Contract Policy• Verizon Wireless Raises Text Message Rate•... |
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25.01.2007
Illinois Sues Text-Message Spammers
Text Spam• Illinois Sues Text-Message Spammers• Arizona Court Rules Against Unwanted Text Messaging• Cell Spam On the Rise• Court Bans Cell Phone Spammer Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a federal lawsuit against an alleged text-message spammer accused of flooding consumers` cell phones with unsolicited text messages.The... |
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