Archive for December, 2008

ITtelenet Makes Long Distance Calls Fast and AffordableTMCnet - Dec 19, 2008By Anil Sharma ITtelenet , a global telephone company, has reportedly launched a speed dial and global roaming technology that makes long distance calls to … »

Packetel’s Long Distance Service Offers Reliable and Convenient …dBusinessNews San Jose (press release), CA - Dec 18, 2008Packetel’s pre-paid long distance service provides affordable domestic and international calling rates that save money over costly cell phone charges. … »

Acadian Ambulance Dispatcher Delivers Long Distance BabyKLFY, LA - Dec 18, 2008Earlier this month, dispatcher Tricia Bellis did it over the phone when a woman from Mississippi called the dispatch center to report her sister was in … »

Is free phone service to good to be true?abc7news.com, CA - 23 hours agoPALO ALTO, CA (KGO) — How does free local and domestic long distance phone calls sound to you? A Palo Alto based company known as Ooma says that's exactly … »

TRUST National Bank Bolsters Telephony Network With Cisco Unified …CNNMoney.com - 13 hours agoBank employees can access a full range of telephony services to maximize the efficiency of using PSTN lines and cut long-distance communications bills. … »

Make sure to choose your long-distance providerPress of Atlantic City, NJ - Dec 16, 2008My long-distance service suddenly changed to a new company, and my rates suddenly more than tripled. I have contacted the local phone company that passed … »

Spend less on everythingConsumer reports - 12 hours agoMake the most of wireless telephone-plan features like free evening or weekend long-distance calls. Cell-phone users who make few calls might save by … »

IT Examiner Hacking victim may be stuck with $52000 phone billCTV.ca, Canada - Dec 18, 2008Davidson said his company's phone bills are usually modest. A recently monthly long distance bill, for example, amounted to just $13.52. …Winnipeg businessman on hook for $52000 phone bill CBC.caFraudsters run up $52000 bill on victim's phone Canada.comHacking victim hit with... »

ATT&T says hot high-tech gifts won't break the bankNorthFulton.com, GA - Dec 19, 2008Home Phone Deals. AT&T has introduced attractive pricing on a variety of streamlined local and long distance calling packages. New customers can now get up … »

8×8 Virtual Office Business Phone Service Joins Intel Business …TMCnet - Dec 17, 2008… designed to help streamline the communications process and costs by combining unlimited local and long distance calling with advanced PBX features. …8×8 Virtual Office Business Phone Service Now Part of Intel(R … Trading Markets (press release)all 28 news articles »

FACTBOX-Undersea communications cable breaks. - 6 hours agoDec 20 (.) – Following is a factbox on three undersea commumications cables breached in the Mediterranean on Friday: THE CABLES: – SEA-ME-WE4 is 20000 …Undersea cable damage: BPOs switch to back-up Hindu Business Line3 undersea cable cuts hit India net traffic Business StandardCable cut disrupts net... »

WELT ONLINE Internet services recovering in Egypt after undersea cable cutXinhua, China - 4 hours agoEgypt is constructing another undersea cable, namely TE-North, to connect the northern Egyptian port city of Alexandria and the southeastern French city of …Cable breaks cut Internet in Mideast, South Asia .UDPATE 3-Undersea cable breaks cut Internet in Mideast, Asia .... »

Ship's anchor may have severed undersea internet cableABC Online, Australia - 3 hours agoThe services have been seriously disrupted due to an undersea cable which has been severed. A ship has been sent to a site in the Mediterranean so that …Major Undersea Internet Connections Severed Web Host Industry Reviewall 2 news articles »

Fresh News Undersea cable faults hit internet servicePakistan Dawn, Pakistan - 22 hours agoHowever, he said the country had four links from different routes, the PTCL was relying on undersea fibre cable from Singapore and there was no major …Undersea cable fault not to affect PTCL service Pakistan ObserverInternet services to be fully restored by Sunday: PTCL... »

Undersea cable cut hits ISD, Net trafficEconomic Times, India - 7 hours agoThree major undersea cables – SeaMeWe 4, SeaMeWe 3 and Reliance Communications’ FLAG Europe Asia cable – that carry a bulk of the internet traffic between … »

Malta Undersea Cable FAILGigaOm, CA - Dec 19, 2008In a reminder of both the frailty and the flexibility of the web, the Times of Malta is reporting that last night, a submarine cable delivering traffic to …Submarine cable fault: GO services restored, Malta dependent on … Times of MaltaGo and Vodafone implement contingency agreement for internet... »

AFP International web services improve after cable cutAFP - 10 hours agoPARIS (AFP) — A French ship on Saturday took experts to repair broken undersea Mediterranean cables that caused severe disruption to telephone and Internet … »

Damn Undersea Cable’s Gone Out AGAIN!All Things D Blogs, CA - Dec 19, 2008Internet and telephone communications between the Middle East and Europe were severely disrupted today when three major undersea data cables running under … »

CIO Weblog Conspiracy theorist wantedCIO Weblog, CA - Dec 19, 2008I was just getting ready to give up on finding some real, sinister meaning behind last January's suspicious undersea telecommunications cable breaches when … »

City approves $11.7 Million fiber-optic cable contractYour Industry News (press release), UK - Dec 19, 2008… to streets as part of a $11.7 million contract to design and build the infrastructure related to the city of Salisbury's new fiber-optic cable utility. … »

WELT ONLINE France Telecom ship sent to fix cables under MediterraneanXinhua, China - 1 hour ago20 (Xinhua) — France Telecom sent a ship on Saturday to repair broken cables under the Mediterranean disputed Internet and phone communications across the …France Telecom Sends Ship to Fix Severed Mediterranean Cables BloombergCable break disrupts internet Aljazeera.netInternet, Phone Outages in Middle... »

Washington Post RIM: BlackBerry Storm "Verizon's Best-Selling Device"Wired News - Dec 19, 2008The phone has been panned for its buggy operating system and poor design but RIM is standing by its device–even going so far as to call it "Verizon's …Is The BlackBerry Storm A Success Or Not? InformationWeekVerizon, RIM pleased with BlackBerry Storm sales... »

Albany Times Union Fans get their money’s worth at QwestGrand Island Independent, NE - 20 hours agoBut an NCAA record crowd of 17430 fans braved the elements in order to travel to the Qwest Center in Omaha to watch the NCAA national semifinals. …Penn St. coach: NCAA volleyball should move around USA TodayVolleyball Fans May... »

The Spokesman Review Seahawks reach bottom lineSeattle Post Intelligencer - 20 hours agoGETTING THERE: Information on bus and train service to Qwest Field is at Seahawks.com. FORECAST: Updated news and forecasts throughout the weekend at …Seahawks’ Holmgren, a Football Lifer, Ponders Life After Football New York TimesGame Preview – Seahawks vs. Jets Seahawks.netSeahawks Notebook | Holmgren... »

FOXNews Kids' Concert Added to Inauguration LineupWashington Post, United States - 21 hours ago19 at Verizon Center. Other facts were few — the committee released no names of performers — but it seems fair to assume that the show might appeal to a …Inauguration festivities begin at memorial United Press InternationalObama plans welcome event at Lincoln Memorial... »