10.04.2007
Groups Urge FCC To Create Wireless Broadband Competition
Broadband Access• Report: Metered Broadband Bad For Consumers, Businesses• FCC Votes to Punish Comcast for Content Blocking• Comcast Tries to Polish Its Image• Communications Industry Urges Congress to Act on Broadband• Comcast Cuts Deal With Vonage on Internet Traffic• Court Upholds FCC`s Video Rules• Report: U.S.... |
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07.04.2007
Vonage Gets a Reprieve but its Future is Murky
Vonage• Appeals Court Gives Vonage a Reprieve• Vonage CEO Exits as Company Struggles to Survive• Vonage Gets a Reprieve but its Future is Murky• Judge Orders Vonage to Stop Signing New Customers• Class Action Charges Vonage Deceived Consumers• Vonage Settles New Jersey Charges• FTC Drops Vonage 911 Inquiry But Continues... |
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06.04.2007
Judge Orders Vonage to Stop Signing New Customers
Vonage• Appeals Court Gives Vonage a Reprieve• Vonage CEO Exits as Company Struggles to Survive• Vonage Gets a Reprieve but its Future is Murky• Judge Orders Vonage to Stop Signing New Customers• Class Action Charges Vonage Deceived Consumers• Vonage Settles New Jersey Charges• FTC Drops Vonage 911 Inquiry But Continues... |
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06.04.2007
Georgia Suspends Buzz Telecom`s Operating Certificate
Buzz Telecom• Indiana Sues Buzz Telecom For Slamming• Georgia Suspends Buzz Telecom`s Operating Certificate• What`s the Buzz All About---• Consumer complaints about Buzz Telecom The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has canceled Buzz Telecom`s certificate and fined the company $3.3 million, the commission said. Several other states... |
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04.04.2007
Major League Baseball, Cable Operators Reach Agreement
DirecTV• Billing Problems• Installation• Maintenance• Rebates• Sales Practices• Billing for "Adult" Shows• About those "Adult" Bills ...---News• Major League Baseball, Cable Operators Reach Agreement• Major League Baseball Extends TV Deadline• Senators Object to DirecTV Deal that Shuts Out Baseball Fans•... |
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04.04.2007
FCC Says No To Airborne Cell Phone Use
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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04.04.2007
Microsoft Issues Patch To Plug Seven New Windows Holes
Microsoft has issued a new patch that is designed to resolve seven different vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, including one that changes the way Windows processes Animated Cursor, or .ani files. Security experts say hackers have been exploiting the bug since last week. In releasing the seven updates, Microsoft rated the .ani patch "critical." On its... |
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03.04.2007
FCC Strengthens Rules For Phone Privacy
Calling Records• FTC Shuts Down Pretexting Operation• Phone Pretexters Get Off Cheap• Verizon Wireless Changes Customer Data Policy• FCC Strengthens Rules For Phone Privacy• House Tries Once More to Pass Pretexting Bill• Pretexting Bill: Pretense or Reality?• Hewlett-Packard Pays $14.5 Million to Settle Pretexting Suit•... |
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02.04.2007
Free No More: Conversion to Digital TV Carries a Price Tag
• Disney, Panasonic Preview BD-Live Technology• HD DVD Owners, Retailers Mull their Options• High-Definition TV Doesn`t Have to be Expensive• Feds Offer Vouchers to Cover TV Conversion Cost• FCC Wants Consumer Alerts About Analog TVs• FCC Report Recommends More Cable Choices• Free No More: Conversion to Digital TV Carries... |
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01.04.2007
Is Cell Phone Insurance Worthwhile?
Telecom Video ReportsMore Telecom News ... Buying a new wireless phone typically means hearing a sales pitch for cell phoneinsurance. It sure sounds reasonable. "Peace of mind for that important device thatmight be lost or stolen," says the sales rep. But many consumers later find their insurance policy isn`t everything they thoughtit was. "The U.S. Cellular... |
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