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An AT&T Outage Is Wreaking Havoc on US Cellular Networks
It started around 3:30 in the morning on the East Coast, reports flooding in about an AT&T service outage. Customers…
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Here’s a New Plan to Rein In the Gilded Tech Bros
When I first heard in 2013 that Barack Obama had chosen Tom Wheeler to head the crucial tech regulator that…
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What is 5G? The Complete Guide to When, Why, and How
The future depends on connectivity. From artificial intelligence and self-driving cars, to telemedicine and mixed reality, to as yet undreamed…
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This Man Built His Own ISP. Now He’s Getting $2.6M to Expand It
Jared Mauch, the Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home internet provider because he couldn’t get good broadband service from AT&T…
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The Digital Divide Is Coming for You
When Debbie Gainsford checked in at an Ibis hotel in Aldgate, London, to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers on…
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Why Airlines Are Fighting the 5G Rollout
the activation of C-Band frequencies by AT&T and Verizon means that improved 5G networks are now available for millions of…
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Facebook Renews Its Ambitions to Connect the World
Facebook first revealed its plans to build a 37,000-kilometer subsea cable, named 2Africa, in the spring of 2020, and it…
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An FTC Lawsuit Says Frontier Lied About Internet Speeds
The Federal Trade Commission and officials from six states sued Frontier Communications Wednesday, alleging that the telecom provider misrepresented internet…
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AT&T Is Spinning Off WarnerMedia to Focus on Telecoms Again
AT&T announced Monday it will spin off WarnerMedia—including HBO and Warner Bros.—into a new company, less than three years after…
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ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The largest Internet providers in the US funded a campaign that generated “8.5 million fake comments” to the Federal Communications…
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