Telephone

03.16.19

Internet

This week in tech history: The birth of the internet and the first telephone call

Albert Einstein was born 140 years ago, too!

By N. Ingraham, 03.16.19

02.06.17

FCC stops defending caps on prison phone call rates

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Politics

FCC stops defending caps on prison phone call rates

It could be harder for inmates to communicate with the outside world.

By J. Fingas, 02.06.17

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05.04.16

UK telephone boxes to be turned into tiny offices

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Design

UK telephone boxes to be turned into tiny offices

They'll offer internet, coffee and a large monitor.

By N. Summers, 05.04.16

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04.12.16

Verizon policy: switch from copper to fiber, or no fix for you

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Gadgetry

Verizon policy: switch from copper to fiber, or no fix for you

A leak shows that Verizon refuses to fix copper landlines if you won't upgrade to fiber.

By J. Fingas, 04.12.16

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08.06.15

Phone companies ditching copper wires will have to follow the rules

The FCC has some new rules for phone companies trying to retire their copper phone networks

By S. Buckley, 08.06.15

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05.23.14

Wikileaks: US government recording every call from Afghanistan

When The Intercept revealed mass NSA "full-take" call recording in the Bahamas and other nations,...

By S. Dent, 05.23.14

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05.05.14

AT&T's new fiber optic phone network could delay disaster response

AT&T wants to put its old copper-based telephone networks to rest and start testing its next-g...

By M. Moon, 05.05.14

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01.31.14

US phone companies to explore replacing all phone numbers with IP addresses

Voice-over-IP (VoIP) is nothing new, of course, but so far it's been regarded merely as an add-on...

By S. Sakr, 01.31.14

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04.03.13

FTC reveals $50,000 Robocall Challenge winners, alarms Rachel from card services (video)

The FTC has managed to find two non-violent solutions to its Robocall Challenge, aimed at blocking...

By S. Dent, 04.03.13

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03.20.13

AT&T Wireless Home Phone goes prepaid, emulates landlines on demand

We can't say that most attempts to replicate the landline experience with a wireless link have pan...

By J. Fingas, 03.20.13

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Telephone

This week in tech history: The birth of the internet and the first telephone call

FCC stops defending caps on prison phone call rates

UK telephone boxes to be turned into tiny offices

Verizon policy: switch from copper to fiber, or no fix for you

Phone companies ditching copper wires will have to follow the rules

Wikileaks: US government recording every call from Afghanistan

AT&T's new fiber optic phone network could delay disaster response

US phone companies to explore replacing all phone numbers with IP addresses

FTC reveals $50,000 Robocall Challenge winners, alarms Rachel from card services (video)

AT&T Wireless Home Phone goes prepaid, emulates landlines on demand

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