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You still use a landline? FCC voting on new phone rules
2015-08-05 19:09:01| IT Services - Topix.net
On Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to require that phone companies warn resident... . FILE - In this March 13, 2009 file photo, Tyson Hoffman, a Verizon service technician, checks a cable as he connects it to the Verizon FiOS fiber network in Rockville, Md.
Wireless, landline phone outages reported in Southeast
2015-08-05 02:20:57| IT Services - Topix.net
Verizon spokesman Trevor Thomas said the outages are in Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama and Tennessee and that engineers are working to resolve the problems. The Lexington Herald-Leader said Sprint and T-Mobile customers also reported problems.
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Wireless, landline phone outages reported in Southeast
2015-08-05 02:07:58| Telecom - Topix.net
Verizon spokesman Trevor Thomas said the outages are in Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama and Tennessee and that engineers are working to resolve the problems. The Lexington Herald-Leader said Sprint and T-Mobile customers also reported problems.
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Your old landline could get an early retirement
2015-02-07 20:41:57| Telecom - Topix.net
Not since Alexander Graham Bell twisted pairs of wires together in the 1870s has the simple telephone technology that has served Americans for generations - the landline - faced such a threat to its existence. It's not just that droves of customers are dropping their home phones for cellphones, or switching to newer, fiber-based services such as Verizon's FiOS network.
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Your old landline could get an early retirement
2015-02-07 16:35:11| IT Services - Topix.net
Not since Alexander Graham Bell twisted pairs of wires together in the 1870s has the simple telephone technology that has served Americans for generations - the landline - faced such a threat to its existence. It's not just that droves of customers are dropping their home phones for cellphones, or switching to newer, fiber-based services such as Verizon's FiOS network.
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