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Appia Communications Completes Data Center Upgrades

November 10, 2011 misc

Appia Communicationsannounced the completion of upgrades to its St. Louis data center. The company also released new and aggressive pricing. “Our data center is open for business,” said Victor von Schlegell, president of Appia Communications. “It has dual generator back-up, security with badged access and 24×7 guards, carrier-neutral network access, and direct connections to our [...]

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In Memory of Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011 misc

Steve Jobs died at the age of 56. Here we see Steve Jobs delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. In it he talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985, life & death. R.I.P. Steve..     If you like this post please support us by liking us or [...]

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Telarus Adds Fiber Ethernet Pricing to GeoQuote

July 29, 2011 misc

Telecom master agent Telarus Inc.,added Ethernet (Fiber) to its patented real-time carrier pricing research tool GeoQuote. The technology paves the way for independent agents partnered with Telarus to check for Ethernet broadband availability and pricing in seconds; a process that currently takes days and weeks.   “We are very enthusiastic about our new-found ability to [...]

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Broadband Forum And IPv6 Forum Work Together To Accelerate Global Activation Of IPv6

June 2, 2011 misc

The Broadband Forum and the IPv6 Forum announced their cooperative effort to empower the successful adoption of IPv6 in broadband deployments worldwide, creating the ecosystem that will ensure the continued success of the Internet as new applications and user expectations grow beyond the bounds of the IPv4 protocol. The two organizations are collaborating to incorporate [...]

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Master Agent Telarus Launces Geoscan 2.0 & Agent Rewards Program

March 14, 2011 misc

Master agent Telarus today announced their agent rewards program as well as the release of GeoScan 2.0, what the company calls the industry’s first comprehensive carrier research tool. GeoScan 2.0 “GeoScan 2.0 is a must-have for any telecom agent who offers more than small handful of carriers to their clients,” said Adam Edwards, president of [...]

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FTC Settlement Bans Recidivist Robocaller from Telemarketing

January 10, 2011 misc

American consumers won’t be getting any more telemarketing pitches from robocaller Fereidoun “Fred” Khalilian, under a settlement reached by the Federal Trade Commission. Khalilian has agreed to be permanently banned from the telemarketing business in order to settle FTC charges that he and his company allegedly used pre-recorded robocalls to sell consumers auto service contracts. [...]

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Obama to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

December 17, 2010 misc

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: James X. Dempsey, Member, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board President Obama also announced his intent to appoint Kevin J. Kennedy as a Member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.  His biography is below. President Obama [...]

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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Ways to Strengthen Caller ID Provisions of the Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule

December 7, 2010 misc

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is seeking public comments on whether and how to strengthen the Caller ID provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. By requiring telemarketers to provide Caller ID information, the Rule allows consumers to screen out unwanted calls. The FTC seeks comments on how to make Caller ID more useful [...]

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FTC Shuts Down Robocallers Who Falsely Promised to Lower Credit Card Interest Rates

December 6, 2010 misc

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court has approved a settlement shutting down two groups of Florida-based telemarketers that allegedly flooded consumers with misleading pre-recorded robocalls falsely promising to reduce their credit card interest rates. The agency reached a settlement that permanently bans the two related operations from making robocalls and selling [...]

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