I really wish our country would make such bold moves: Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection. Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a […]
The Soviet Union isn’t gone – it has just moved to America: The N.S.A.’s reliance on telecommunications companies is broader and deeper than ever before, according to government and industry officials, yet that alliance is strained by legal worries and the fear of public exposure. To detect narcotics trafficking, for example, the government has been […]
That is exactly what this is: Verizon Communications, the nation’s second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers’ telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. The company said it does not determine the requests’ legality or necessity because to do so would slow […]
More possible jobs cuts look likely: BY ALEJANDRO BODIPO-MEMBA FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER The specter of a new Ma Bell-styled telephone monopoly could put Michigan jobs at risk now that AT&T Inc. has announced it will cut as many as 10,000 positions across the country if it buys BellSouth Corp. The proposed $67-billion deal that […]