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  Error in Skype’s Software Shuts Down Phone Service
Posted by: elgie on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 12:11 AM
 
  Telecom
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16 — The online telephone service Skype was not working for much of the day on Thursday, leaving its 220 million users, some of them small businesses that had given up their landlines, without a way to call colleagues, customers and friends.
Note: August 17, 2007, By BRAD STONE, NY Times

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  'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters
Posted by: elgie on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 04:53 PM
 
 
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US webcasters will face sharp rises in royalty fees that could be "fatal" to the nascent industry, a coalition of web broadcasters has claimed.
Note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6562823.stm

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  Telecom Rewrite Breaks Faith With Earlier Version
Posted by: elgie on Friday, December 02, 2005 - 03:57 AM
 
  Telecom
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You can call it a "bait 'n switch." The draft rewrite of the telecommunications law of 1996 -- BITS II -- the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill Nov.9 -- bore little resemblance to an earlier version -- BITS I -- which had been negotiated for months by a cadre of state and local government representatives, bi-partisan Hill staffers and telecommunications industry reps.

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  Wi-fi cities spark hotspot debate
Posted by: elgie on Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 10:24 AM
 
  Telecom
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A growing number of cities in the US are treating high-speed internet as a basic amenity for citizens, like running water or the electricity grid. But as the concept expands so does the battle with big business.
Note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4351400.stm

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  Cities Unleash Free Wi-Fi
Posted by: elgie on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 10:42 AM
 
  Telecom
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 In November, Dianah Neff will go to Africa for the first time in her life.

She’s not going for a safari or to buy souvenirs. Instead, she’ll be meeting with local officials in Douala, Cameroon, to discuss how they might set up a municipal Wi-Fi network.

"They have no wired infrastructure," explains Neff. "They’re looking to wireless to connect the entire town."

Note: Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/wireless_special/0,2914,68999,00.html

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  Find-A-Human -- IVR Phone System Shortcuts (USA)
Posted by: elgie on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 08:00 PM
 
  Telecom
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All of us at Infobytes have more than a general interest in technology--we are techno-nerds and geeks to the core. We are the first to admit that IVR systems and telephone punch systems can be annoying and obnoxious.

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  Google plans WiFi service
Posted by: elgie on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:07 PM
 
  Telecom
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Pages on the search engine's Web site refer to upcoming product, but company declines comment.

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet search leader Google is preparing to launch its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company's Web site on Tuesday.
Note: http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/20/technology/google_wifi.reut/index.htm?section=cnn_tech

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  A small-town move may bring big rewards
Posted by: elgie on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 01:26 PM
 
  Telecom
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NEW YORK — Living in Queens and riding a crammed subway into Manhattan each day for work, Luis Rivera and Beth Gissinger-Rivera personified New Yorkers' resigned acceptance to the hassles and travails of life in one of the world's biggest cities.
Note: By Michael J. Martinez
Associated Press
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  Google sets tongues wagging with Talk
Posted by: elgie on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 12:49 PM
 
  Telecom
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Search giant Google has sent an instant message to its rivals with the launch of its Talk service.
Note: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4180182.stm

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  How Skype and Kazaa changed the net
Posted by: elgie on Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 03:26 AM
 
  Telecom
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There are few people in the world who can claim to have invented something that captured the imagination of hundreds of millions of people.

But Niklas Zennström has done it twice

Note: Infobytes uses Skype with great success. The voice clarity is extraordinary. Our main call line is "infobytes" Skype Us Today!

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