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New York Starts Enforcing $15 Broadband Law That ISPs Tried To Kill; + more notable news - New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill arstechnica.com T-Mobile Once Again Strong Overall, Verizon Excels in 5G: Report telecompetitor.com Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile take on California wildfires lightreading.com Texas sues Allstate and its subsidiary Arity, accusing the insurer of illegally collecting and selling data about people's driving behavior through mobile apps nytimes.com TikTok says reports of possible sale to Elon Musk are 'pure fiction' lbc.co.uk UK floats ransomware payout ban for public sector theregister.com read comment(s)

14.01.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Supreme Court Likely To Uphold TikTok Ban, Favoring Security Over Speech; + more notable news - Supreme Court likely to uphold TikTok ban, favoring security over speech fortune.com T-Mobile Once Again Strong Overall, Verizon Excels in 5G: Report telecompetitor.com Prepare For A Whole Bunch Of Pointless, Harmful Mergers In Streaming By Media Executives All Out Of Original Ideas techdirt.com Telcos are technical debt hoarders and a clean out is needed fierce-network.com T-Mobile, Starlink enable satellite texting early for people impacted by Los Angeles fires androidcentral.com Starlink has disrupted Kenya's existing ISP industry since its launch in July 2023, forcing legacy providers to lower prices and increase internet speeds restofworld.org read comment(s)

13.01.2025 07:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now Telecoms Are Fighting Among Themselves Over Who Lies More About 'Unlimited Data'; + more notable news - Now Telecoms Are Fighting Among Themselves Over Who Lies More About Unlimited Data techdirt.com A US judge rules that Google must face a class action claiming Google collected users' personal data from their phones after they turned off Web & App Activity reuters.com A hack of location data firm Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are being used to steal user location data; apps may not even know wired.com 2024 was a record year for commercial cyber attacks itpro.com Disney+ getting a massive upgrade that can change the way you watch t3.com US Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban case economictimes.indiatimes.com read comment(s)

10.01.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Consumers Cut Streaming Services In 2024 After Endless Price Hikes And Enshittification; + more notable news - Consumers Cut Streaming Services In 2024 After Endless Price Hikes And Enshittification techdirt.com NAD Supports Charter Regarding "Unlimited" Spectrum Data Claims telecompetitor.com TV broadcasters to plunder some of 5G's fat lightreading.com After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages arstechnica.com AT&T and Verizon tipped to roll out 5G SA - for real this time - in 2025 fierce-network.com Hackers Claim To Have Compromised Data Broker Used By U.S. Government To Dodge Warrants techdirt.com read comment(s)

09.01.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Washington State's AG Sues T-Mobile, Claiming The Carrier Failed To Secure Personal Info Of 2M+ Residents; + more news - Washington state's AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal info of 2M+ residents in an August 2021 cyberattack geekwire.com The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 bleepingcomputer.com US pay TV sheds 305K subs in Q3 amid signs of 'a little moderation' - study lightreading.com US adds Tencent to blacklist over suspected ties to Chinese military independent.co.uk 2024 was worst year on record for commercial cyberattacks totaltele.com YouTube Premium could be on your next Delta flight, which AI will make sure you don't miss phonearena.com read comment(s)

08.01.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wireless Is Apparently The New Copper; + more notable news - Wireless is apparently the new copper lightreading.com Forget telco to techco - operators now want to be AI giants fierce-network.com Not willing to give T-Mobile an easy pass, attorney sues for avoidable harm to customers phonearena.com Fox Corp says Tubi surpassed 97M MAUs and 10B streaming hours in 2024, but doesn't share how it calculates MAUs; 77% of Tubi viewers say they do not have cable deadline.com Hulu + Live TV and Fubo are merging, with a subscriber count that rivals YouTube TV 9to5google.com Whoops: Volkswagen Leaks Sensitive Data Of 800,000 Electric Vehicle Owners techdirt.com read comment(s)

07.01.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Chinese Hackers' Attacks On US Telecoms: Charter, Consolidated Comms, Windstream Networks Also Breached; + more news - A look at Chinese hackers' attacks on US infrastructure and telecoms; sources: Charter, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream networks were also breached wsj.com Amazon plans to launch satellite broadband service in Britain commsbusiness.co.uk Net neutrality gutted by Federal appeals court extremetech.com Rural Customers Nearing 90% Access to 100 Mbps Downstream: NTCA Report telecompetitor.com There's a new kind of convergence in town: Wi-Fi + private cellular fierce-network.com Italy is in advanced talks for a 1.5B, five-year SpaceX deal to provide the government with secure telecom services, Europe's largest such project bloomberg.com read comment(s)

06.01.2025 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

US Arrests US Army Soldier Who Sold Customer Data From The AT&T and Verizon Snowflake hack; + more news - The US arrests a US Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, who sold sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon in the Snowflake hack krebsonsecurity.com China-backed hackers breached US Treasury workstations cnn.com 2025 preview: Will pay-TV finally hit rock bottom? lightreading.com Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok arstechnica.com The sensitive information of of over 800K VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda EV customers, including GPS coordinates, was exposed on an unprotected AWS database for months before being reported carscoops.com NFL Fans Are Raging After Two Major Illegal Streaming Sites Unexpectedly Shut Down Before Playoffs totalprosports.com **HAPPY NEW YEAR!!** read comment(s)

31.12.2024 07:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AT&T And Verizon Say Their Networks Are Now Clear After The Salt Typhoon Intrusion; + more notable news - AT&T and Verizon say their networks are now clear after the Salt Typhoon intrusion; AT&T says a few individuals of foreign intelligence interest were targeted bloomberg.com The Year Democrats Lost the Internet wired.com Will cable broadband rebound or merely stabilize? lightreading.com Copyright Industry Wants To Apply Automated Blocking To The Internet s Core Routers techdirt.com FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling arstechnica.com The US plans to update HIPAA with new cybersecurity rules to protect patients' private data, including mandatory encryption and multifactor authentication reuters.com read comment(s)

30.12.2024 07:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AT&T Can Substitute Wireless Home Phone For Copper, FCC Says; + more notable news - AT&T can substitute wireless home phone for copper, FCC says seattletimes.com Will cable broadband rebound or merely stabilize? lightreading.com Fiber deployments top another record in 2024 fierce-network.com CWA says AT&T is poised to repeat the bad behavior it showed during Trump's first term phonearena.com TP-Link Routers Could Be Banned Next Year. Are They Actually Dangerous? cnet.com Google files proposal to counter DOJ plan to sell Chrome androidcentral.com read comment(s)

24.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Space-Age Mobile Is Here To Connect Billions And Unlock Global Markets; + more notable news - Space-Age Mobile Is Here To Connect Billions And Unlock Global Markets forbes.com Crown Castle, Lumen reportedly closer to selling their fiber networks lightreading.com $2 per megabyte: AT&T mistakenly charged customer $6,223 for 3.1GB of data arstechnica.com Altice USA exec thinks video is the edge cable needs fierce-network.com Some Android customers with Metro By T-Mobile can now pay their bills by playing games phonearena.com The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2025 engadget.com Google TV users are getting even more free channels in time for the holidays techradar.com read comment(s)

23.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Broken USF May Require A Congressional Solution; + more notable news - Broken USF May Require a Congressional Solution telecompetitor.com Trump is expected to free lower 3GHz for 5G lightreading.com Trump FCC chair wants to revoke broadcast licenses - the 1st Amendment might stop him arstechnica.com Not Even Sesame Street Is Safe From David Zaslav And Time Warner Discovery Incompetence techdirt.com Fiber deployments top another record in 2024 fierce-network.com Telecom/Broadband M&A 2024: A Big Year for the Big Providers, Private Equity telecompetitor.com read comment(s)

20.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congress Approves $3B In Funding To Remove Huawei And ZTE Equipment From US Networks Nationwide; + more news - Congress approves $3B in funding for a project to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from US networks nationwide; Trump's FCC started the initiative in 2020 washingtonpost.com Telecom/Broadband M&A 2024: A Big Year for the Big Providers, Private Equity telecompetitor.com Cox, Amazon, AT&T to get BEAD grants in Nevada lightreading.com A look at the quickly disappearing web, as digital decay and link rot erase all kinds of media; a Pew study says 38% of webpages accessible in 2013 are now gone theverge.com Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban fortune.com US eyes ban on TP-Link routers amid cybersecurity concerns csoonline.com read comment(s)

19.12.2024 07:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SCOTUS Rejects ISPs' Challenge To New York Law Requiring ISPs To Offer Services To Low-Income Users; + more news - SCOTUS rejects ISPs' challenge to a New York law requiring ISPs to offer $15 or $20/month services to low-income users by not revisiting a lower court ruling arstechnica.com Broadband prices drop as speeds and competition climb lightreading.com Congress Still Trying To Fund Plan To Rip Huawei Gear Out Of U.S. Telecom Networks techdirt.com Verizon and Nvidia's new 5G + AI combo could bring big things to your phone phonearena.com The US ITC says smartphones made by Lenovo's Motorola infringe on Ericsson's 5G patents, which could lead to an import ban; a final ruling is set for April 2025 reuters.com LastPass breach comes back to haunt users as hackers steal $12 million in two days itpro.com read comment(s)

18.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

T-Mobile Users Can Try Starlink-Enabled Phone Service For Free During Beta; + more notable news - T-Mobile users can try Starlink-enabled phone service for free during beta arstechnica.com YouTube TV Raises Prices Again, Days After Hinting It Wouldn t techdirt.com AT&T user's erroneous $6,223 bill is reminder that AutoPay can wipe you out phonearena.com T-Mobile answers some D2D questions lightreading.com Program Consolidation, Audits, Alternative Technologies Could Be Among BEAD Changes telecompetitor.com Trump meets with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago, the same day that the company asks the Supreme Court to block the law that could ban the app nbcnews.com read comment(s)

17.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rhode Island Hit By Data Breach, 'High Probability' Sensitive Info Of Hundreds Of Thousands Was Stolen; + more news - US officials: hackers likely accessed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders, and there's a "high probability" sensitive info was stolen nytimes.com AT&T's copper retirement goals are 'realistic' - analyst lightreading.com AT&T Refuses To Upgrade Millions Of DSL Customers To Fiber Despite Untold Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies And Government Favors techdirt.com Rural broadband loves these small but important regulatory wins fierce-network.com The UK's Ofcom says the Online Safety Act, passed in 2023 to govern illegal material on internet platforms, has taken effect, and plans to expand it in 2025 bloomberg.com US court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending US ban voanews.com read comment(s)

16.12.2024 07:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

AT&T, Verizon Aren't Notifying Most Victims Of Chinese Call-Records Hack; + more notable news - Report: AT&T, Verizon aren t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack arstechnica.com Vodafone and Three merger will further decimate UK telco jobs lightreading.com Trump FCC Commissioners, Cable Lobby, Use Lazy Soup And Coffee Metaphors To Defend Shitty Broadband Usage Caps techdirt.com T-Mobile accused of 'illegally' charging customers a hidden fee thenewstribune.com Verizon is using 5G network slicing to offer better video calling - for a price theverge.com YouTube TV subscription to get costlier starting January 2025 neowin.net read comment(s)

13.12.2024 08:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Charter CEO: We Need To Do More To Tell Consumers That Cable Has Better Performance & Reliability Than FWA; + more news - Charter CEO: We need to do more to tell consumers that cable delivers better performance and reliability than fixed wireless access lightreading.com Vodafone Agreement With AST SpaceMobile Enables Space-Based Cellular Broadband Service telecompetitor.com T-Mobile's CEO said that its only used 60% of its 2.5 GHz spectrum for 5G so far fierce-network.com The FCC opens all 1,200 megahertz of the 6GHz band for unlicensed use by very-low-power devices, citing growth in wearables, AR/VR, and other cutting-edge tech tvtechnology.com Meta says it is "99% of the way" to resolving a global outage that hit Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, starting at approximately 12:40pm ET bleepingcomputer.com Epic s dream is starting to come true - its store will be preinstalled on millions of Android phones theverge.com read comment(s)

12.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

EchoStar, CWA, Others Move Against T-Mobile's UScellular Purchase; + more notable news - EchoStar, CWA, others move against T-Mobile's UScellular purchase lightreading.com FCC Responds to telecoms attack dubbed worst in our nation s history informationsecuritybuzz.com Senate Passes ACCESS Rural America Act, Intended to Ease Rural Providers Burdens telecompetitor.com Apple hit with $1.2B lawsuit after killing controversial CSAM-detecting tool arstechnica.com FBI Official Reluctantly Touts Encryption Since US Telecom Providers Are Still Compromised By Chinese Hackers techdirt.com Google requests the US government to shatter Microsoft's exclusive cloud deal with OpenAI windowscentral.com read comment(s)

11.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cable ISPs Compare Data Caps To Food Menus: Don't Make Us Offer Unlimited Soup; + more notable news - Cable ISPs compare data caps to food menus: Don t make us offer unlimited soup arstechnica.com Comcast expects to shed another 100K broadband subs in Q4 lightreading.com T-Mobile: What race? Convergence is already here fierce-network.com Non-Infringing Sites As Collateral Damage In Music Industry s War On Stream Ripping Sites techdirt.com Emergency motion: TikTok asks US court to delay the January 19 ban phonearena.com Britain approves 18bn Vodafone-Three mobile merger irishexaminer.com read comment(s)

10.12.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Broadband Industry Tells FCC Their Customer Service Is Great, Nothing To See Here; + more notable news - Broadband Industry Tells FCC Their Customer Service Is Great, Nothing To See Here techdirt.com AT&T targets 50M fiber locations by end of 2029 lightreading.com US plan to protect consumers from data brokers faces dim future under Trump arstechnica.com FCC, USAC: Be Wary of Providers Still Collecting ACP Data telecompetitor.com The FBI and CISA give US telcos best practices to harden their systems against attacks, as senior US officials say Salt Typhoon hackers remain on their networks axios.com Microsoft could pay up to $1.27 billion for overcharging its own customers who use rival cloud mspoweruser.com read comment(s)

04.12.2024 07:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Helping Poor Rural Americans Get Broadband Is 'Unconstitutional'; + more notable news - Supreme Court To Decide Whether Helping Poor Rural Americans Get Broadband Is Unconstitutional techdirt.com On BEAD and rural broadband, don't lose sight of the goal lightreading.com These MVNO pioneers want locked phones to go away fierce-network.com T-Mobile and AT&T's hypocrisy come to fore during the holiday shopping season phonearena.com The CFPB proposes a rule to limit data brokers' ability to sell Americans' personal and financial info, after the National Public Data breach earlier in 2024 theverge.com AT&T expects over $18 billion in free cash flow in 2027, driven by 5G and fiber expansionAT&T expects over $18 billion in free cash flow in 2027, driven by 5G and fiber expansion yahoo.com read comment(s)

03.12.2024 07:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

FCC Approves Starlink Plan For Cellular Phone Service, With Some Limits; + more notable news - FCC approves Starlink plan for cellular phone service, with some limits arstechnica.com Biden FCC Boss Rosenworcel To Step Down, Can t Be Bothered To Express Alarm At What Comes Next techdirt.com Cruz hates a lot of the Infrastructure Investment law, including BEAD fierce-network.com Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone's getting burned theregister.com Telstra snaps up Boost Australia for $94M lightreading.com Cyber Monday subscription deals for 2024: The best sales on Disney+, Peacock, Hulu, MasterClass and others engadget.com read comment(s)

02.12.2024 07:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ISPs Tell FCC Their 'Excellent Customer Service' Is Why Users Don't Switch Providers; + more notable news - ISPs Say Their "Excellent Customer Service" Is Why Users Don t Switch Providers arstechnica.com The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink to offer supplemental coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas reuters.com Charter Begins Deploying Wi-Fi 7 Routers for Spectrum Customers telecompetitor.com SCOTUS to wade into USF fight, but fund still faces 'existential threat' lightreading.com Game console makers rethink selling more powerful machines, as performance improvements become less dramatic and consumers can't tell between 4K and 8K graphics bloomberg.com Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in the Mate 70, 70 Pro, 70 Pro+, and X6 is its first fully self-developed OS that reportedly no longer uses open-source Android code cnbc.com read comment(s)

27.11.2024 07:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

DirecTV Terminates Dish Merger; + more notable news - DirecTV Terminates Dish Merger lightreading.com Ted Cruz wants to overhaul $42B broadband program, nix low-cost requirement arstechnica.com/ Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon theregister.com Verizon's latest DAS deployment isn t as lame as it sounds fierce-network.com Who Runs the Internet? Misconceptions About ICANN icann.org Australia's proposed social media ban for kids is a 1950s solution to a 2024 problem androidcentral.com read comment(s)

25.11.2024 07:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Universal Fiber Access Could Add $3T To The U.S. Economy: Report; + more notable news - Universal Fiber Access Could Add $3T to U.S. Economy: Report telecompetitor.com The plummeting value of 5G mmWave spectrum lightreading.com FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority arstechnica.com Net Neutrality Is Dead As A Doornail Under Trump 2.0 techdirt.com Microsoft President Brad Smith calls on Donald Trump to "push harder" against cyberattacks from Russia, China, and Iran amid a wave of state-sponsored hacks ft.com With Trump as president, can TikTok in the U.S. survive? latimes.com read comment(s)

22.11.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Under Trump, Satellites Could Steal Fiber's BEAD Bonanza; + more notable news - Under Trump, Satellites Could Steal Fiber's BEAD Bonanza lightreading.com Comcast to ditch cable TV networks in partial spinoff of NBCUniversal assets arstechnica.com Press Glosses Over Fact Trump s FCC Pick Will Decimate Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Limits techdirt.com T-Mobile to Appeal NAD Finding on Ad AT&T Complained About telecompetitor.com Streamlabs: Twitch accounted for 82.3% of total Q3 streaming hours, with YouTube Gaming in second place at 5.6%; Kick grew 204% from Q2 2023 to Q3 2024 tubefilter.com US looks to force Google to sell Chrome telecoms.com read comment(s)

21.11.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

T-Mobile's Foreign Owner To Trigger Review Of UScellular Deal; + more notable news - T-Mobile's foreign owner to trigger review of UScellular deal lightreading.com A year after ditching waitlist, Starlink says it is "sold out" in parts of US arstechnica.com Streaming TV Enshittification Will Continue Until Morale Improves techdirt.com Sony launches cloud streaming on the PlayStation Portal in beta, letting PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers in some countries stream select PS5 games theverge.com Netflix s Poor Streaming Quality Of Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Fight Has Resulted In A Class-Action Lawsuit, But Streaming Executive Says The Event Was a Huge Success wccftech.com Thieves reportedly use AT&T data to track and steal iPhones mashable.com read comment(s)

20.11.2024 07:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

US Lawyers Will Reportedly Try To Force Google To Sell Chrome And Unbundle Android; + more notable news - US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android theverge.com Trump's health secretary pick Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. has said wireless tech might make you sick lightreading.com Pointless DirecTV, Dish Merger Already On The Edge Of Collapse techdirt.com Starlink Deal Targets Enterprises With LEO Satellite SD-WAN telecompetitor.com Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns of Russian sabotage cnn.com A lot of people are mistaking Elon Musk s Starlink satellites for UAPs arstechnica.com read comment(s)

19.11.2024 07:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump Names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr As FCC Chair; + more notable news - Trump names FCC commissioner Brendan Carr as FCC chair bloomberg.com Is satellite broadband good enough to deliver internet for all? fierce-network.com Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams theverge.com Upstream Broadband Traffic Continues Disproportionate Growth: OpenVault telecompetitor.com China calls for unified 6G standard lightreading.com Inside Big Tech s Bid to Sink the Online Kid Safety Bill: Tech giants and their allies lean on culture-war issues to splinter bipartisan support for the bill wsj.com read comment(s)

18.11.2024 07:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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