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Articles tagged with: Fcc and Voip
FCC launches probe of Google Voice service
Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T that Google's free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. more
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Would Comcast Have a Problem with Femtocells?
Earlier this week, US cable provider Comcast attempted to justify its practice of hampering certain file-sharing applications by telling the fcc that it was an efficient way to keep web traffic flowing smoothly on its network. In their statement, Comcast said it, "only affect the protocols that have a demonstrated history of generating excessive burdens on the network." more
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Wireless Industry Urged to Improve Disability Accessibility
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US FCC Orders Phone Cos To Improve Emergency Call Standards
WASHINGTON (AP)--The U.S. government moved Thursday to force the telephone industry to do a better job helping police and firefighters locate people who call 911 on cellular and Internet-based phones. more
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FCC To Make Phone Companies' Outsourcing Difficult
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. telephone companies will find it much more difficult to outsource marketing or customer service functions to other firms under a crackdown on privacy regulations released Monday by the Federal Communications Commission. more
Related Tags: at&t, privacy, sprint-nextel, hewlett-packard, comcast