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Not So Fast Google Says Frontier, Suing Over Google Voice
6/22/10 at 6:30 PM by Bernie Arnason
Google has a knack for irritating traditional telephone companies, especially with Google Voice (GV). They first irked AT&T, who raised a net neutrality and common carrier argument with the FCC over Google Voice ...
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ActiveVideo Sues Verizon, Citing Patent Infringements for FiOS
5/27/10 at 4:46 PM by Joan Engebretson
ActiveVideo Networks, provider of a cloud-based platform for video service delivery, has filed a suit against Verizon, alleging that Verizon’s FiOS service infringes on ActiveVideo patents.
ActiveVideo’s platform enables interactive navigational, social media, commerce and gaming applications such as intuitive search and recommendations ...
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AT&T Slow DSL Leads to $100 Million Lawsuit Settlement
5/5/10 at 12:29 PM by Bernie Arnason
Hey broadband carriers – be careful about your network not delivering on promised performance. That predicament may cost AT&T $100 million.
AT&T has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit up to that amount launched by an Ohio lawyer over poor DSL performance. The suit claimed ...
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CenturyLink and Cox Battle in Court over Broadband
2/1/10 at 5:23 PM by Bernie Arnason
The telecom competitive landscape has produced many a lawsuit between competitors, often times citing unfair or inaccurate advertising. The latest example occurs in Las Vegas between Cox and CenturyLink. Las Vegas is a former Embarq territory, but is now CenturyLink, thanks to the CenturyTel –Embarq merger....
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Syringa Networks Sues Idaho over Qwest Contract
12/22/09 at 9:58 AM by Bernie Arnason
In the competitive world of telecom, when all else fails, sue. That’s one way of looking at Syringa Networks approach to a dispute with the state of Idaho over an education network being built statewide there. Syringa Networks, a Boise, Idaho based regional fiber network, claims that ...
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Clearwire Facing Potential Class Action Lawsuit
4/24/09 at 6:49 AM by Telecompetitor  Clearwire is facing a potential class action lawsuit from a group of subscribers who are voicing concern about ‘slow and unreliable’ service. The lawsuit claims that Clearwire does not live up to its advertising of “… a fast, reliable 'always-on' alternative to cable or DSL internet access, and as a superior alternative to traditional land-line telephone service.” The complaint goes on to say that when subscribers try to cancel ...
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Cox Prevails Over Verizon VoIP Patent Suit
10/6/08 at 11:06 PM by Telecompetitor  A Virginia court ruled in Cox’s favor over Verizon in a patent dispute over VoIP technology. Verizon was hoping to repeat a VoIP patent victory over Vonage, which resulted in a $117 million settlement. No such luck with Cox. "We remain deeply committed to providing our customers high-quality phone service at a great value, and look forward to competing vigorously with Verizon in the marketplace, ...
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Verizon: Not So Fast FCC, Cable
7/1/08 at 10:43 PM by Telecompetitor  Verizon intends to have the last word on their “winback” marketing tactics. They were recently rebuffed by the FCC and told to stop contacting customers to attempt to win them back after receiving a competitor number porting request. Verizon filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, seeking to stay the recent FCC decision. Verizon is using the first ...
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Verizon Sues Time Warner for “Not Keeping it Real”
4/10/08 at 9:30 AM by Telecompetitor  Verizon filed a false advertising suit against Time Warner Cable in the southern district of New York. Verizon said Time Warner Cable's TV ads wrongly portray Verizon's FiOS video service as a satellite delivered video service that does not offer the triple play. As a result, Verizon says Time Warner Cable is improperly positioning Time Warner Cable as a better technology for triple ...
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My HD is Better Than Yours!
10/19/07 at 7:42 AM by Telecompetitor  Yet another dust up between DirecTV and a cable MSO, Cox in this case, over who delivers the better HD signal. Multichannel News is reporting that DirecTV filed a misleading advertising suit against Cox over certain Cox Internet ads. In the ads, Cox cites a survey that concluded that cable HD was preferred over satellite HD. That same survey is at the center ...
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