Networks
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Giz Explains: What It Takes To Restore Mobile Service After A Hurricane
Hurricane Sandy and left an estimated eight million people without power. Plenty more have spotty mobile service — if they have any at all. But why do some people get a signal when others don’t? And what does it take to get a wireless service back online?
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US Pay TV Operator’s Commercial-Removing DVR Being Sued Into The Ground By Networks
Over in the States, Dish Network’s new Hopper DVR has kicked up quite a storm. FOX is suing Dish, and Dish is suing, well, everyone.
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NBN Wholesale Prices Fixed For Five Years
If you were worried about signing up for the NBN and then watching the price go up exponentially, lay your fears aside. NBN Co has announced that it is fixing its wholesale price for five years, before raising them at half the rate of inflation after that.
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Striking Verizon Workers Destroying Internet Cables
Lots of Verizon technicians are very angry at their employer — around 45,000 of them. And it appears some of them are pissed enough to sabotage the American ISP’s fibre optic network, the Boston Globe reports — they’re slashing cables.