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Welker: Company sold phone records
State Rep. Jim Welker acknowledged Tuesday that his Loveland telecommunications company has been selling personal cell-phone records but said he stopped offering the service last week after congressional investigators interviewed him.
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High Court backs Stobie phone poles
PHONE companies have been cleared to convert suburban Stobie poles into phone towers. The High Court has ruled in favour of phone company Hutchison's practice of swapping existing Stobie poles for phone towers, without development approval.
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Jonathan Takiff | A vehicle navigator - on your cell phone
THE GIMZO: Motorola V325 phone with VZ Navigator. GETTING THERE FROM HERE: Comedians used to have a field day with the observation that male drivers refuse to ask directions. And how many times have you seen that half-jesting bumper sticker that proclaims, "Don't follow me, I'm lost"?
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Phone excise tax relief sought for Florida, other states
Long-distance phone customers in seven states, including Florida, and the District of Columbia on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to halt the Internal Revenue Service from collecting an excise tax that has been ruled illegal in several U.S. jurisdictions.
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Phone-Jamming Plot Records Show GOP Links to Calls
Key figures in a phone-jamming plot aimed at preventing New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 show links of contact with the White House and some Republicans, according to phone records issued in criminal court.
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Many New Yorkers To See Increase In Their Phone Bills
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The Public Service Commission has approved a scaled-back measure allowing telephone companies to raise basic, low-cost rates to $12.61 from $8.61.
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Action Line: Restringing phone line is a tangled process
Q About a month ago, my phone service was interrupted when one of the rain storms caused a tree to crack and sever my phone line. SBC repair came out a day later and strung a new line so my service was restored.
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Malaysian man receives $218t phone bill
A Malaysian man nearly fainted when he received a $218-trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a local newspaper reported.
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State lets phone companies raise basic rates
Albany A scaled-back measure allowing telephone companies to raise basic rates 46 percent, from $8.61 to $12.61, was approved Tuesday by the state Public Service Commission.
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Office Phone suits low VoIP call volume businesses.
Enabling small businesses to convert handsets to VoIP, Allworx 9102 phone manages calls over office network lines instead of standard phone lines. Programmability and customizable functions enable unit to be set to reflect user preferences for PBX call appearance, key system line appearance, speed dialing, ring tones, direct station dialing, message lights, and local or remote use. Unit supports
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