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Did We Say 5¢ a Minute? We Meant $5: Cell Companies Battle FCC “Bill Shock”...
One in six cell phone users report they have suffered large erratic increases in their monthly bills. Over 20% say the increase was more than $100. by Matthew L. Schafer On Thursday, the Wireless...
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Google, Verizon Reportedly Agree on First Ever Pay-to-Play Deal Online
by Matthew L. Schafer On Thursday Bloomberg and The New York Times broke a much anticipated and rumored agreement between Internet service provider Verizon and the Internet’s largest search engine...
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Five Sentences from Google/Verizon that Could Change the Net Forever
by Matthew L. Schafer With the release of a policy proposal on Monday, Google and Verizon confirmed speculation and early reports by The New York Times and Bloomberg that the two companies had come to...
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Verizon to Pay Upwards of $50 million in Refunds, Clyburn Says Customers...
by Matthew L. Schafer On Sunday, Verizon Wireless reported that it will refund customers who were subject to various $1.99 data fees as a result of stock cell phone software, which used data unbeknown...
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If the FCC Doesn’t Regulate the Internet: Predicting a possible history of...
by Matthew L. Schafer Note: Last week, Jack Shafer over at Slate wrote a piece entitled, “If the FCC had regulated the Internet: A counterfactual history of cyberspace.” Shafer’s piece essentially...
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