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AT&T Fined $745K for Customer Service Violations
7:00AM 3/08/2011
AT&T is facing a $745,000 fine from Connecticut officials after they concluded the telecommunication giant failed to keep residents' landlines up and running.
AT&T, according to the state's Department of Public Utility Control, fell far short of Connecticut's criteria that the company fix...
Savings Experiment: What's the cheapest long distance?
10:00AM 3/02/2010
Ask 10 people the cheapest way to make long distance calls, and you'll get 20 different answers. The field is wide open, with calling cards, cell phone plans, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, and land lines all vying for dominance.
So who's really got the best deal for making...
To raise money to expand its growing wireless and fiber-optic divisions, Verizon sold 4.8 million landlines to Frontier in exchange for $5.25 billion in Frontier stock. The lines being sold include all Verizon landline customers in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North...
Getting rid of landlines and going mobile-only is a popular choice for people -- especially young singles -- who are looking to cut costs.Verizon lost 9.8% of its landline subscribers last year, and is now working overtime to retain those it still has. The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription...
This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America.
I bought my first cell phone in the late 1990's, and by now it's hard to remember what life was like...
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