FCC takes aim at annoying telemarketing calls
Those automated phone calls during the dinner hour, late at night or to your wireless phone can be so frustrating—and the government is taking note.
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Comcast deal may be dead, but cable consolidation will go on (Update)
Even if Comcast's $45.2 billion bid for Time Warner Cable is dead, consolidation among the companies that pipe in our TV, phone and Internet will carry on.
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Apr 23, 2015
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Suit filed as US 'open Internet' rule becomes official (Update)
A telecom industry group Monday challenged "open Internet" regulations barring US broadband providers from separating online traffic into slow and fast lanes, hours after official publication of the order.
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Apr 13, 2015
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Can phone companies do more to block robocalls?
Jeri Vargas put her elderly mother on the "Do Not Call" list years ago. So why is the 88-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease still getting several recorded phone calls a day pitching her everything from vacation cruises ...
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Apr 7, 2015
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Apollo-era lunar seismic data yields new lunar core model
(Phys.org)—Like the solar system's telluric planets, including Earth itself, the moon's internal structure is composed of geoochemically distinct mantle, crust and core layers. The core is mostly iron; much of our understanding ...
USTelecom, Texas Internet provider sue over net neutrality
The FCC says the first lawsuits filed against the government's new Internet traffic rules are "premature" and may be dismissed because they were filed too early.
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Mar 25, 2015
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Comcast says $45B Time Warner Cable deal to take longer
Comcast says its $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable will take longer than expected because of a long-running regulatory review.
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Mar 25, 2015
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Tenn. AG wants court to set aside municipal broadband ruling
Tennessee's attorney general wants a federal appeals court to set aside a recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission to allow cities like Chattanooga to offer municipal broadband beyond their normal service ...
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Mar 24, 2015
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GOP says Obama aides meddled in 'net neutrality'
Congressional Republicans on Tuesday accused the Federal Communications Commission of bowing to White House pressure on its "net neutrality" decision, which has angered the nation's cable and wireless giants. They said the ...
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Mar 17, 2015
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US lawmakers weigh in on 'net neutrality'
A decision to impose tough new regulations on cable and wireless companies that provide Internet service to Americans wasn't influenced by politics, a top U.S. regulator told House lawmakers on Tuesday.
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