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9 votes
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The forgotten war on beepers
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Sweden's public sector has ditched Big Tech in the name of privacy as a major telecom provider unveiled a new secure collaboration hub
14 votes -
Subaru cars phone home to 3G cellular network that no longer exists - drains battery
59 votes -
Jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, lawsuits say
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Ericsson will lay off about 1,200 employees in Sweden as the telecommunications company faces slowed demand for its 5G equipment
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I got a spam call and the automated voice that requests their reasoning for calling was my voice AI generated
13 votes -
The hidden world of undersea cables
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Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies
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4G networks - does SMS and standard voice calls still work if 3G/2G networks are shutting down?
Hey all, Over here in Australia (imagine in USA and a few other countries), the 3G/2G mobile networks are being shutdown. My carrier Vodafone is gradually shutting its down with Dec 15th 2023...
Hey all,
Over here in Australia (imagine in USA and a few other countries), the 3G/2G mobile networks are being shutdown. My carrier Vodafone is gradually shutting its down with Dec 15th 2023 being the final closure date. The 4G network will have VolTE but my device (LG V20) does not appear to support VolTE nor does it look like i can update the firmware easily (if at all) to do so.
Anyone else have this issue with their phone? (i realise it will be older ones)
Question about VolTE though - will sms and standard voice calling still work on 4G on my device or similar devices without VolTE ?.
thanks
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Norwegian state-run telco Telenor announced plans to sell its satellite division to Space Norway, part of the country's space agency
6 votes -
The $2,000 phones that let anyone make robocalls
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How a tiny pacific island became a global capital of cybercrime
13 votes -
The most insane “robocall mitigation plans” that US telcos filed with the FCC
50 votes -
Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to cut costs
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Huawei accused of building secret microchip factories to beat US sanctions
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A new weapon in the war against robocalls
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Downtown Recovery Rankings
17 votes -
Telstra’s Starlink deal could signal a new era of connectivity in hard-to-reach places
7 votes -
Looking for advice on getting a cheap prepaid plan in the US for a couple of months
I have someone visiting the US from out of the country. They have a Google Pixel 6a, just need a temporary plan for a month or two. Mostly they're going to be home within wireless range, we're...
I have someone visiting the US from out of the country. They have a Google Pixel 6a, just need a temporary plan for a month or two. Mostly they're going to be home within wireless range, we're just looking for a little bit of data while going out. I imagine a few tens of MB/mo will suffice. Has anybody tried to do this recently? What should I expect to pay? I'm looking on Amazon, and the reviews seem filled with stories of being sold pre-expired SIMs.
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AT&T, AST SpaceMobile claim first smartphone-to-satellite phone call
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T-Mobile acquires Mint, partially owned by Ryan Reynolds
7 votes -
Hackers claim they breached T-Mobile more than 100 times in 2022
8 votes -
Hayes command set history: The tech that dialed in a million modems
5 votes -
The predatory US prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed
15 votes -
How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
4 votes -
How the FCC shields US cellphone companies from safety concerns
6 votes -
I built an artificial intelligence that not only calls scammers to waste their time, but can steal their account information to help get them shut down (and it's working)
8 votes -
‘Supercookies’ have privacy experts sounding the alarm
12 votes -
Two US senators propose ban on data caps, blasting ISPs for “predatory” limits
18 votes -
Rogers CEO says service back online for most Canadian customers, blames outage on 'network system failure'
17 votes -
SMS phishing is way too easy
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Is anyone else receiving a staggering amount of spam calls recently?
For the record, I am Canadian and for all I know, maybe this only pertains to Canadians, maybe it only pertains to me. But I've been receiving a large amount of calls that just end up with no one...
For the record, I am Canadian and for all I know, maybe this only pertains to Canadians, maybe it only pertains to me. But I've been receiving a large amount of calls that just end up with no one on the other end, or just sounds of busy call centers, or 'wrong number calls' which are happening far too frequently for it to be a mistake. Anyone else experiencing this?
12 votes -
Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition
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Leaked files show how telecoms giant Ericsson allegedly helped bribe Islamic State to allow its products to be transported across parts of Iraq that were held by the terrorists
7 votes -
Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff
25 votes -
Hark back to the late 1990s with this re-creation of the dialup Internet experience
6 votes -
Secret military telephone buttons
7 votes -
Google releases “disable 2g” feature for new Android smartphones
19 votes -
Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years
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US phone companies must now block carriers that didn’t meet FCC robocall deadline
18 votes -
Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
15 votes -
Documenting the last pay phones in America
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What are your ISP support experiences?
I just wanted to see what everyone else’s experience has been working with your ISP. I recently had a horrible experience and wanted to see if anyone else can relate and maybe just vent a little....
I just wanted to see what everyone else’s experience has been working with your ISP. I recently had a horrible experience and wanted to see if anyone else can relate and maybe just vent a little.
My recent experience: I moved to a new town, and I had been experiencing issues with my internet dropping out, as we all probably have had at some point, and I contacted Cox communications through their chat app. After multiple attempts to fix it, they finally sent a tech out to find that the coax connectors at the pole were rusted out. He replaced them but it wasn’t fixed completely. The tech dismissed it and said to just use it for now and I wouldn’t notice. So I did, and it wasn’t great at first, but it actually slowly got better and was good for a while until the last couple of weeks. This past week every single night it would drop out. I watched the connection drop while I was trying to watch mythic quest (great show btw) and every night for the past week the internet was unusable in the evenings. I then contacted Cox again multiple times, got a credit refunded back to my account and they wanted to do the whole reset modem thing again, so I did just to get to the next steps. Again they said use it and see if it improves, so I did, and it didn’t. I contacted them again, and again the modem reset, so I got fed up and filed a complaint with the FCC while I was chatting with this guy and he had the nerve to try and sell me home automation at the end of our chat!
The next day goes by, a woman from their escalation lines contacts me about my FCC complaint and they send a new tech out. Turns out Cox never buried my original line in conduit, so the line was probably damaged underground as it was sending a weak return signal. The tech ran a new drop from a different tap and used the thickest coax I’ve ever seen. So far it’s been good after the new drop, but it took multiple chats and calls with two different field technicians and an FCC complaint to get it fixed. The worst part about it is Cox Communications is the only broadband ISP in my area other than Starlink and I seriously considered Starlink. So if you read this far, thanks! Please share your experiences if you’d like, or if you want to vent that’s okay.
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Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the first mobile phone call
6 votes -
The US FCC wants your thoughts on improving the shorter National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number
4 votes -
5G: The outsourced elephant in the room
12 votes -
Comcast nightmare: Six months without Internet despite $5,000 payment
12 votes -
LG to close mobile phone business worldwide
12 votes -
Brazil’s consumer protection regulator fines Apple $2M for not including charger in iPhone 12 box
11 votes