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Verizon, Unions Reach Tentative Deal – Though Many Members Don’t Like New...
After more than a year of negotiations that included the strike last summer of 45,000 workers, Verizon and the Communications Workers of America have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract....
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AT&T Will Detail the Fate of Its DSL Users Nov. 7 – Can’t Sell Them, Can’t...
At an investor conference this week AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says the company is still determining the fate of millions of the company’s un-unpgraded DSL users. As noted previously a sale of...
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PC Magazine Ranks Fastest ISPs – FiOS, MidContinent and Charter Take Top 3 Spots
PC Magazine has again compiled their list of the nation’s fastest ISPs, and Verizon FiOS again takes top honors. The test used to face serious criticism from our users for its testing methodology, and...
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Study: Rural Broadband In Serious Trouble – And It’s Not Getting Better...
A new report by the Hudson Institute (pdf) declares that the United States is facing a growing broadband gap when it comes to rural markets, and that improving these markets would improve the economic...
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Another Analyst Predicts New U-Verse Expansion Wave – Though it Will Be Small...
Suggesting a leak somewhere in AT&T’s supply chain, a second analyst this week is magically predicting that AT&T will be upgrading at least a few additional DSL customers to U-Verse. As we...
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AT&T Won’t Explain Meter Inaccuracy, Claims Data Proprietary – AT&T U-Verse,...
AT&T broadband users continue to claim there’s something not quite right about the way AT&T calculates data usage for their capped DSL and U-Verse users. As Broadband Reports was the first to...
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Comcast Celebrates New Year With Broadband Price Hikes – Hike Depends on...
In addition to the inevitable (and sometimes bi-annual) increase in Comcast TV prices, the carrier is notifying out-of-contract customers that their broadband service will see a hike starting in the...
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AT&T Unshackles Facetime Slightly – Still Not Accessible to Unlimited Users
Originally, AT&T only allowed users to use Facetime over Wi-Fi. Then, they allowed Facetime over cellular, but only if users signed up for their new shared data plan with its $15 per gigabyte...
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Verizon Adds Record 2.1 Million Wireless Subs – FiOS TV Growth Slows, But So...
Verizon’s fourth quarter 2012 earnings released this morning show that the telco added a record high f 2.1 million new postpaid wireless subscribers during the quarter for a total of 98.2 million...
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Verizon’s Copper-to-Fiber Migrations Set Glacial Pace – Company Pushing Most...
Given Verizon’s FiOS expansion has stopped in most places (unless you’re somewhere with franchise obligations), the only way DSL users will be getting FiOS is if your regional core infrastructure is...
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