Category: attorney general

Phone companies and state attorneys general join forces to fight robocalls

Post author By Randall
Post date August 22, 2019
Categories In agreement, at&t, att, attorney general, business, call blocking, carriers, gear, Mobile, Politics, protocol, regulation, robocalls, spam, Sprint, stir shaken, t-mobile, Tech, tool, Verizon

[ad_1] Under the new agreement, the carriers will implement call-blocking technology, make anti-robocall tools free to consumers and deploy a system that labels calls as legitimate or spam, The Washington Post reports. The companies also agree to aid investigations by law enforcement. The major players — AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) […]

Charter will expand broadband network so it can stay in New York

Post author By Randall
Post date April 22, 2019
Categories In attorney general, business, charter, charter communications, gear, Internet, internet service provider, isp, New York, Politics, Tech

[ad_1] The penalty isn’t particularly bad for the multi-billion dollar corporation, which faced a potential eviction from New York after the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) voted last year to revoke its approval of Charter’s 2016 purchase of Time Warner Cable. Had that order gone forward, the company would have been forced to sell Time […]