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U.S. Cellular Unveils The Belief Project

5 Oct 2010

U.S. Cellular is actually rewarding users via their Belief Project instead of making you think that they’re using you.

Will Charter Price Lock Customers See New Fee? Charter Says Yes, Billing Insert Says No

22 Sep 2010

As noted the other day, Charter Communications has decided to add a new $1 “Broadcast TV Surcharge” to user bills, in order to offset the cost of network affiliates demanding higher carriage rates. Despite being simply the cost of doing business, the company is tacking the fee below the line to keep the advertised rate [...]

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Tags: broadband, broadbandreports.com, business, cable, Charter, Charter Communication, Charter's price lock, false advertising, how to screw over your customers, Internet, ISP, Networks, price hike, price hikes, price lock, pricing, telecoms

The Very Best Telecom Laws Money Can Buy

25 Jul 2010

The Very Best Telecom Laws Money Can Buy – AT&T, Comcast, Verizon paying big bucks for their version of telecom ‘reform’

Here Comes The Zune Phone – Rumored to be Unveiled at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress 2010

1 Feb 2010

Could this be the Microsoft “Pink”, aka the Zune Phone? Reports indicate that Microsoft will show it at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress 2010.

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Tags: 2010, 3G, American carriers, Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2010, Cellphone, cellular phone, gizmodo, microsoft zune, Micrsoft, mobile phone, MS Pink, MuyComputer, Nvidia, telecoms, Windows Mobile 7, zune

Comcast, Verizon Step Up Big For Haiti – Verizon Expedites Cash Delivery Process

18 Jan 2010

Normally, there’s a ninety day window in between the user donation and the relief getting delivered, as user billing cycles must complete, payment must be verified, and then handled by an intermediary. Verizon and Sprint are stepping up and expediting this process.

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Tags: American Red Cross, donations, donations expedited, donations through SMS, earthquake, earthquake in Haiti, Haiti, money, payments, Red Cross, SMS, sprint, Télécoms Sans Frontières, telecoms, text messages, transfers, txt msg, verizon, wireless carriers

AT&T Begins 2010 By Cutting Jobs in February and March

8 Jan 2010

Over the last six months, many AT&T employees have told us they expect the telco to continue laying off a considerable number of workers in 2010.

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Tags: 2010, at&t, AT&T layoffs, Communication, continued layoffs, Editorial, employees, Hardware, ISP, job cuts, landlines, lay-offs, layoffs, Networks, phone, PSTN, Rumors, telco, telecoms, telephone, unemployment, you're fired

More magicJack Femtocell Details – GSM Only

8 Jan 2010

magicJack has officially unveiled and demonstrated their femtocell device at CES.

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Tags: 2010, ata, broadbandreports.com, Cellphone, cellular phone, ces, CES 2010, cheap calls, cheap international phone calls, Communication, femtocell, magicjack, mobile phone, phone, save money, telecoms, upcoming technology, usb, usb2, VoIP

Google: Big Plans For Google Voice In 2010

3 Jan 2010

Google has a lot of good plans for Google Voice in 2010 after acquiring Gizmo5. AT&T and Verizon need to innovate or adapt, haven’t shown that they will.

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Tags: at&t, attacks by telecom industry, better experience, broadbandreports.com, contact management, death to telecoms, Gizmo5, google, Google Voice, last decade, PSTN, skype, Software, telecoms, verizon, VoIP

Telecom Lobbyists: U.S. Actually Broadband Leader – You Just Have to Completely Ignore All Data Suggesting Otherwise…

29 Dec 2009

What do you do when you’re a telecom industry trade group that wants the FCC to ignore the fact that U.S. consumers pay more money, for slower bandwidth, in fewer locations than more than a dozen other countries? You pick out a largely meaningless metric we actually are good at and blow it out of proportion.