Description:
Telecommunications digest. (Moderated)
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Verizon Direct Marketing [telecom]
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I received an email from Verizon about my FIOS account. It stated that they are now direct marketing with non-personal data, including my home address. There was an opt out link that didn't work. Presumably this affects web ads though it was not spsecifically stated.
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Verizon customers in Idaho are victims of new scam [telecom]
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Better Business Bureau officials are warning Verizon Wireless
customers who live in the Snake River Region that they're the target
of a new scam that's going around.
Thieves on the other end of the telephone line are telling Verizon
customers they have been selected to receive a bonus certificate, with... more »
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Verizon: Not-so-unlimited data [telecom]
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By STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN
May 7, 2013
Dear ABC News Fixer: We signed a two-year contract with Verizon
Wireless in July 2011 when we got two iPhones. We got an unlimited
data plan.
Last year, while updating her phone, my wife lost her
contacts. Verizon advised us to bring the iPhone and her old phone... more »
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Tell Verizon to bring back FTP [telecom]
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(Fascination of the abomination department: I know that ftp isn't
secure, but anyone who has struggled through getting Dreamweaver to
create a web page, and then found themselves unable to upload it, will
understand why I think this is worth publishing. Sorry, I couldn't
resist - Bill)
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Vote on Fire Island phone service Thursday [telecom]
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Vote on Fire Island phone service Thursday
Updated: May 15, 2013 10:25 PM
By CANDICE RUUD candice.r...@newsday.com
A plan to eliminate landline phone service in western Fire Island is
scheduled to be voted on by the state Public Service Commission
Thursday amid concern it could leave people on the barrier island... more »
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The wireless industry's biggest gamble is failing [telecom]
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(I just came across this. It's from April, but still current.)
LightSquared: The wireless industry's biggest gamble is failing
By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech April 5, 2012: 1:34 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The end appears near for LightSquared, one of
the wireless industry's grandest and riskiest gambles.... more »
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Chips in credit cards
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I received a routine renewal of a credit card carlier this week that
included a funny symbol on the front and an enclosure with it that
said it included a chip so it could be used in other places that
reuire it such as Canada, Mexico and the U.K.
Wes Leatherock
wleat...@yahoo.com
wesr...@aol.com... more »
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Privacy Breach on Bloomberg's Data Terminals
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Privacy Breach on Bloomberg's Data Terminals
By AMY CHOZICK and BEN PROTESS
May 10, 2013
A shudder went through Wall Street on Friday after the revelation that Bloomberg News reporters had extracted subscribers' private information through the company's ubiquitous data terminals to break... more »
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Aereo gets set for Atlanta debut [telecom]
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CNET: Aereo gets set for Atlanta debut
by Jonathan Skillings May 14, 2013 5:25 AM PDT
Aereo is on a roll, with plans now to bring its streaming TV service
to Atlanta.
The Atlanta launch is scheduled for June 17, the company announced
Tuesday. The capital of Georgia will be the third city to get the... more »
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