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• NewsClips - March 13, 2009
  U.S. phone companies complained to U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that a $4.5 billion annual fund intended to ensure nationwide service in high-cost areas is outdated and promotes inefficiency.
  Posted: Mar 13, 2009
• NewsClips - March 12, 2009
  Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it has become the nation's third-largest residential phone service provider as the cable-television giant's customers continue to add landline telephones to their services from the company.
  Posted: Mar 12, 2009
• NewsClips - March 11, 2009
  Broadband is cheaper in many other countries than in the United States. “You have a pretty uncompetitive market by European standards,” said Tim Johnson, the chief analyst at Point-Topic, a London consulting firm. Other countries have lower costs for the same reasons their DSL service is faster. Dense urban areas reduce some of the cost of building networks. In addition, governments in some countries...
  Posted: Mar 11, 2009
• NewsClips - March 10, 2009
  Businesses and communities eyeing more than $7 billion in government grant money for high-speed Internet will get their first opportunity Tuesday to hear how that money could be doled out. Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commerce Department and Federal Communications Commission will appear at a public meeting here at which they will...
  Posted: Mar 10, 2009
• NewsClips - March 9, 2009
  Microsoft Corp is developing a feature in its new operating system that allows users to turn off Internet Explorer and other key Microsoft programs. The new feature is a major step for the world's largest software company, which has been accused by competitors and regulators of forcing consumers to run its own software, squeezing rivals' offerings out of the marketplace.
  Posted: Mar 9, 2009
• NewsClips - March 6, 2009
  Pitcairn Borough (Allegheny Co.) Council last week hired a consulting firm to help it sell the borough's cable company after receiving a lower-than-expected bid from Comcast Cable. Council voted unanimously to hire Cohen Law Group of O'Hara for about $175 an hour.
  Posted: Mar 6, 2009
• NewsClips - March 5, 2009
  Verizon's customer service is lousy, patrons have been telling me for months. Now, a powerful ally agrees. The state Public Utility Commission thinks Verizon's customer service stinks. While Verizon can ignore angry customers -- or make them empty promises -- it can't blow off the PUC.
  Posted: Mar 5, 2009
• NewsClips - March 4, 2009
  The advertiser’s dream of sending a particular commercial to a specific consumer is one step closer to reality as Cablevision Systems plans to announce the largest project yet using targeted advertising on television.
  Posted: Mar 4, 2009
• NewsClips - March 3, 2009
  Today’s special election asks voters to cast their ballots to fill just one seat and name the 29th District’s new state senator. State Rep. David Argall, R-124, and Schuylkill County Clerk of Courts Steve Lukach, a Democrat, seek the seat left vacant after state Sen. James J. Rhoades died Oct. 18 from injuries suffered in a car crash the day before.
  Posted: Mar 3, 2009
• NewsClips - March 2, 2009
  Alabama's largest phone company, AT&T Inc., found strong support in a state Senate committee for ending regulation of home and business phone services, a move that would give it and other landline companies the same status as cell phone and Internet-based firms. The Senate Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee on Thursday approved a phone deregulation bill on a voice vote, with Sen. Rusty Glover, R-Semmes, casting the only audible no.
  Posted: Mar 2, 2009