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AT&T Upgrades 40 Cities to 45/6Mbps U-verse Broadband; Part of Project VIP Expansion 26 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
AT&T has boosted the maximum available broadband speed for its U-verse Internet offering to 45/6Mbps service in 40 cities across 15 states. The broadband speed boost is part of AT&T’s Project Velocit...
Estonian Cable Broadband Provider Boosts Internet Speeds: 200/20Mbps for $34/Month 26 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
Estonian Internet users are enjoying faster broadband speeds with the announcement cable provider AS Starman has upgraded its broadband packages without a corresponding price hike. Now customers in th...
Bell’s Idea of Cost Savings: Fire 100 “Redundant Workers” at Acquired Astral Media 23 Aug 2013 | 02:08 am
Astral Media… digested The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s approval of Bell-BCE’s $3.4 billion acquisition of specialty broadcaster Astral Media has resulted in the loss...
Frontier Fined for Excessive Returned Check Fees in Washington 23 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
State regulators have fined Frontier Communications $41,400 for 414 violations of Washington’s law governing the largest amount a company can charge for a returned check. The Washington Utilities and...
Nader: Don’t Let That Tax Dodging, Grant Taking, Ripoff Artist Verizon Into Canada 23 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
From the Desk of Ralph Nader 21 August 2013 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister: I read with interest that you ar...
America’s Worst Rated Companies: Charter, Time Warner, Cox, Cablevision, Verizon, Comcast… 23 Aug 2013 | 12:35 am
Nine of the ten lowest ranked firms in America are cable and telephone companies, according to a new report from research firm Temkin Group. A poll ranking customer service at 235 U.S. companies acro...
AT&T Wants to Introduce You to Prepaid Electric Service 22 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
The meter is lurking AT&T may soon approach your electricity provider to encourage the introduction of prepaid electrical service, powered by AT&T’s wireless network. AT&T is looking beyond traditio...
Time Warner Cable Unveils 24/7 Live Streaming of NY1/NY1 Noticias for Customers 22 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Starting today, Time Warner Cable customers can watch live streaming video of the company’s NY1 English and Spanish language channels on a redesigned website. Customers across the country can view th...
Cable Operators Force Al Jazeera to Remove Online Content to Block U.S. Cord Cutters 21 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
Pay television providers forced Al Jazeera to remove or block its online video content from American viewers in return for launching its new news channel on cable systems this week. The Qatar-based n...
Time Warner Cable/Bright House Add Two New Expensive Sports Networks to Your Lineup 21 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
Concern about programming costs only goes so far. While Time Warner Cable and Bright House customers continue to go without Showtime and access to CBS programming online (in addition to local station ...
