Collaborate Disseminate
Before there was the Internet, there were a lot of would-be Internets. Compuserve comes to mind, as do Prodigy, GEnie, Delphi, and the innumerable BBS systems that were once gateways to worlds beyond our CRT monitors and 300 baud Hayes Supermodems.
Service providers varied by region, of course. The French …read more
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Cable giants routinely advertise one rate then charge you another thanks to hidden fees a well-lobbied government refuses to do anything about. Continue reading New Bill Would Stop Internet Service Providers From Screwing You With Hidden Fees
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via Kieren McCarthy, writing at El Reg, reports of a contemplated bill (H.B. 1426) before the State of Texas’ House of Representatives ostensibly making data throttling on mobile networks durin… Continue reading Cough Up The Bandwidth
Bell wanted the privacy tools—which can also be used to access geo-blocked media—to be made unlawful under NAFTA. Continue reading Canadian Telecom Giant Bell Wanted NAFTA to Ban Some VPNs
The largest telecom company in Canada wants to monetize its customers’ personal data, but not without getting their consent first, as required by Canadian privacy law, writes the CBC. Will users give in to the demand? Do they simply no longer car… Continue reading Canadian Telecom Firm Wants Permission to Collect, Monetize Customer Data, Online Activity
Killing net neutrality in particular was supposed to spur both job growth and investment. Continue reading Verizon Trims 10,000 Employees Despite Billions in Tax Cuts and Government Favors
Two friends have been jailed over their role in the 2015 hack of British telecoms firm TalkTalk. Connor Allsopp, 21, and 23-year-old Matthew Hanley, both of Tamworth, Staffordshire, were jailed yesterday at the Old Bailey in London, after admitting the… Continue reading Two friends jailed for TalkTalk hack plot
If your recent experience is anything like mine, your phone has been pummeled by robocalls. For whatever reason, throughout the past year, I’ve been inundated with calls from across the U.S. regarding health insurance, car insurance, investment s… Continue reading The FCC seeks to aggressively stem fraudulent robocalls with STIR and SHAKEN
A new settlement with Massachusetts explains that Comcast advertised one rate, then charged customers more when the bill actually arrived. Continue reading Comcast Forced to Refund $700,000 to Customers Over Misleading Fees
Sprint denies the claims but the researchers have run nearly 2,000 tests since the beginning of the year. Continue reading Researchers Believe Sprint Is Throttling Skype Without Telling Consumers