Consumer groups oppose Ohio phone deregulation

Consumer groups banded together Friday to oppose Ohio legislation that would deregulate basic landline telephone service, saying it would increase rates, weaken consumer protections and decrease service quality.

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Consumer groups against Ohio phone deregulation

Consumer groups are banding together to oppose Ohio legislation that would deregulate basic landline telephone service.

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Ecuador's Correa says AT&T, Sprint, MCI owe fees

Ecuador's leftist president on Saturday accused U.S.-based telephone companies including AT&T, Sprint and MCI of "swindling" his country out of millions of dollars in long-distance fees that he claims they owe.

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Court: Phone drug buys shouldn't bring extra time

The Supreme Court says that people who buy drugs over the telephone shouldn't get more prison time than people who buy face-to-face from dealers.

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Telephone, Internet outage hits Silicon Valley

A massive telephone outage in Northern California is affecting parts of the state's Silicon Valley, home to many high-tech companies.

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Court worried about big penalty for phone buyer

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical about federal prosecutors' contention that they can charge drug buyers who use a cell phone with a felony instead of a misdemeanor just because a phone was used.

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Europeans picking mobiles over landlines

Europeans are increasingly shunning landlines for mobile phones and online calling, according to a European Union survey released Friday.

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FCC to Dwell on Apartment-Phone Deal Ban

Telephone companies that exclusively give apartment buildings service will likely have to unplug and let tenants have their pick of providers.

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Woman Uses Phone to Chase Off Intruder

A woman used her telephone to chase off an intruder who was armed with a Taser when he entered her home. Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell said the woman, whose name was not released but who was described as a grandmother, was not seriously injured in the home invasion around 8 p.m. Saturday.

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IRS Announces Phone Tax Refund

Consumers can claim a standard $30 to $60 refund next year for a tax on long-distance telephone calls that the government declared invalid, the Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday.

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Va. Close to Expanding TV Competition

Virginia legislators have passed a bill that would allow telephone companies to get a statewide license to sell TV programming rather than applying for local franchises across the state.

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Lt. Mike Hennessy said the woman, who appears to be about eight months pregnant, has been knocking on doors and telling residents that her car has broken down and that she needs to use a telephone to call for help.

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Alcatel-Lucent signed today 2 multi million Euro contracts in Libya with LPTIC telecom

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced today that it has further strengthened its working relationship with LPTIC (Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company) by signing a multi million Euro contract to deploy the second phase of Eastern Liby …

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It's now Obama's war, his jobless rate, his debt, etc.

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The operator of a telephone sex business halfway across the country is not too happy about some prank calls she's been getting from Volusia County's Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center.

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A Judson Street man was arrested over the weekend for firing shots in his home to make his wife believe he was attempting to kill himself, according to Thomaston Police.

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Customers of Bell Canada and Telus Corp. may be getting refunds after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that about $300 million in overpayments by landline customers has to be reimbursed

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In just one month, nearly 30,000 people filed complaints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying they were scammed.

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The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended two air traffic controllers over last week's collision of two aircraft over the Hudson River that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said.

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A TSG investigation unmasks the leader of Pranknet and the miscreants behind a year-long wave of phone call criminality.

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Skype might have to shut down because of a dispute over the core technology used to make the internet telephone system work.

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A telephone call by a shopper who rings a helpline to complain that his pizza has no topping before realising it is upside down, has become an internet sensation.

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When he told me what my number was I got a ding-a-ling.

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Optus today joins iiNet and several smaller telcos in offering "naked DSL" packages that allow people to connect to ADSL broadband without paying for a fixed line.

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Do you get irritated if you are disturbed by a phone or doorbell while sleeping? (QD6)

Yes, I do get irritated especially when the phone rings and I am trying to sleep after a hard day because, once I wake up, I find it difficult to go back to sleep again, which makes me feel worse.

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Police said an 11-year-old girl is facing felony charges after she allegedly called in a bomb scare at Trotwood Middle School. The juvenile was arraigned Wednesday on panic charges after she allegedly called in a bomb threat to the school on Monday.

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Excerpt: They say there's a fetish for everything, so we suppose we shouldn't be terribly surprised to find out some people really, really get into those stock photographs of women wearing telephone headsets, the ones you usually see on websites that heavily pimp their customer s …

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A TV station has been fined £1,000 after the presenter on a live phone in quiz show threw a fit after no viewers called in.

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Verizon Wireless today admitted that some of its employees had been looking into President-elect Barack Obama's cell phone billing records. In a release, the company said:

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DSL isn't dead—in fact, I'm using it right now—but there's plenty of talk about the state of its health, much of it grim. As cable and fiber-to-the-home connections gain subscribers and speed, the traditional twisted-pair phone line is already becoming less relevant.

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PARIS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The French Senate has approved a three strikes law for Internet users who download copyrighted entertainment without paying for it.

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The controller of BBC Radio 2, Lesley Douglas, has resigned over the prank calls involving presenters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. Ms Douglas said the decision to leave her job was "mine and mine alone" and made it with "enormous regret".

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A Norwegian Labour Party politician took voluntary sick leave Thursday and said she wouldn't seek re-election after running up big phone bills at Parliament's expense by turning to an unusual set of advisers: fortunetellers.

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Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store the internet browsing habits, e-mail and telephone records of everyone in Britain.

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Police in Cologne said they had to drag out a 60-year-old intoxicated man from a public telephone booth after he dialled emergency services more than 30 times to "save the world."

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I wonder if the Times will write less articles about Carlos Slim's telephone monopoly in Mexico now that he has a 6% stake in the company.

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