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• Report says U.S. lags in speedy Internet.

  - 2004-10-27

  By John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--Free-market federal policies have led to high prices that have slowed the spread of high-speed Internet service in the United States, according to a report Tuesday by the Consumer...

  Tags: broadband, FCC, Government, INTERNET, NETWORKING, phone, San Jose Mercury News, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S.

• Federal Phone Ruling Called Negative for Consumers.

  - 2004-06-11

  By John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--Consumer advocates said Thursday the Bush administration decision against defending rules forcing regional Bells to sell access to their local phone networks at discounts will mean gradually rising rates...

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• Electronic-Privacy Advocates Feel Uneasiness over Drive to Monitor E-Mail, Web.

  - 2001-09-27

  By Jim Puzzanghera, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--WASHINGTON--Some of the Bush administration's proposed rules of engagement for America's new war on terrorism could snare millions of unsuspecting Americans in an expanded surveillance net, electronic-privacy advocates said. ...

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• High-Tech Repo Man Cleans Up Wrecked Dot-Coms in San Jose, Calif., Area.

  - 2001-06-14

  By Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Repo man Marty Pichinson swaggers down the deserted hallway of Zoho.com in Sunnyvale. Zoho, a Web site that serves hotels, is barely alive. And Pichinson has arrived to...

  Tags: ABC Inc., board, California, computer, creditor, dot-com, phone, PRODUCTIVITY, San Jose Mercury News, Zoho

• Internet Techniques for Long-Distance Calls Promises Cost Revolution.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-12-15

  Dec. 15--Average consumers can glimpse a new era in low-cost telephone communication today, as Qwest Communications announces the first long-distance service that uses Internet techniques to transmit conventional phone calls. Dec. 15--Average consumers can glimpse a new era in low-cost ...

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• Pac Bell Enters Cellular Phone Battle with PCS Digital Service.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-05-08

  May 8--Watch out for weaving, one-handed drivers who make cellular phone calls. May 8--Watch out for weaving, one-handed drivers who make cellular phone calls.

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• Silicon Valley Growth Puts Pressure on Telephone Service Providers.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-03-20

  SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mar. 20--Roger Davis of Sunnyvale has been waiting 10 days for Pacific Bell to turn on his telephone. He goes to work each morning leaving two small children -- one with asthma -- in a house without a phone. ...

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• Digital Phones Ring In A New Era.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-03-02

  Mar. 2--If a cell phone exploded, maybe the debris would just be abbreviations. Mar. 2--If a cell phone exploded, maybe the debris would just be abbreviations.

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• AT&T to Offer Local Telephone Service in Sacramento, Calif., Next Week.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1996-12-05

  Dec. 5--California's first concrete sign of consumer choice in the new telecommunications era is finally at hand. Dec. 5--California's first concrete sign of consumer choice in the new telecommunications era is finally at hand.

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• When Changing Provider, Californians May Keep Telephone Numbers, At A Cost.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1996-04-11

  SAN JOSE, Calif.--Apr. 11--Californians will be able to keep their telephone numbers should they decide to switch from one service provider to another, but it will have a cost, the state Public Utilities Commission ruled Wednesday. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Apr. 11--Californians will be able to keep their...

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