• T-Mobile, Verizon, or AT&T: Which has the fastest download speed for phones? [mashable.com]
• Fox, ESPN, and WBD announce a new joint venture to launch a streaming sports service in the US in the fall of 2024; each entity will own a third of the JV [cnet.com]
• Disney+ begins emailing subscribers about new changes to its TOS that will make sharing accounts harder, days after Hulu sent out similar notices [theverge.com]
• Virgin Media O2 launches UK’s first 2Gbps residential broadband [telecomstechnews.com]
• Verizon sketches out ways to get its mojo back [fiercewireless.com]
• “Don’t let them drop us!” Landline users protest AT&T copper retirement plan [arstechnica.com]
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• Cable Companies, Automakers Try To Derail FTC, FCC Quest To Kill Misleading Fees [techdirt.com]
• Frontier sparks 'formal and comprehensive review process' [lightreading.com]
• Verizon offers relief to customers most impacted by historic rainfall and flooding in California [globenewswire.com]
• Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead [arstechnica.com]
• Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announces an event next week to share “our vision for the future of Xbox”, amid rumors that Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5 [theverge.com]
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• Republicans in Congress try to kill FCC’s broadband discrimination rules [arstechnica.com]
• Impact Report: When Broadband Comes to Rural Areas, Young People Are More Likely to Stay [telecompetitor.com]
• Charter pushes HFC upgrade timeline to 2026 as rural builds accelerate [lightreading.com]
• Los Angeles Passes Rule Banning Broadband Deployment Discrimination [techdirt.com]
• Comcast, Charter add subs; survey finds consumers very open to MVNOs [fiercewireless.com]
• Rogers slashes network in Canadian first [mobileworldlive.com]
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• FCC: No More New ACP Enrollments After February 7 [telecompetitor.com]
• Rogers claims first network slicing trial in Canada [rcrwireless.com]
• Verizon Now Has (Slightly) Cheaper 5G Home Internet Service [howtogeek.com]
• Apple is now the world's biggest phone maker as the market finally recovers [phonearena.com]
• Hulu, Disney+ password crackdown kills account sharing on March 14 [arstechnica.com]
• UK Struggles in 2024 European Country Ranking of Mobile Broadband Speeds [ispreview.co.uk]
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• Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims [arstechnica.com]
• Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way - Especially From YouTube [wired.com]
• Broadband operator spending to pick back up in 2024... or later [lightreading.com]
• Automakers Look To Neuter Maine ‘Right To Repair’ Bill Under The Pretense Of Privacy Concerns [techdirt.com]
• AT&T expands its FWA service [rcrwireless.com]
• The FBI and US DOJ disrupt Volt Typhoon, a uniquely dangerous Chinese hacking operation to hijack hundreds of Cisco and Netgear routers at end-of-life status [cnn.com]
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• Netflix Eyes More Price Hikes… And Slowly, Steadily Becoming More Like Comcast [techdirt.com]
• The US indicts a Chicago man who allegedly led a SIM-swap gang; members stole millions and posed as other people in Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon stores [arstechnica.com]
• Latecomer on the Move: AT&T Fixed Wireless Now in 59 Markets [telecompetitor.com]
• Loss of ACP would be 'barely material' for Comcast [lightreading.com]
• T-Mobile CEO Sievert shuts down rumors of a UScellular acquisition without closing the door [phonearena.com]
• Can S24 on T-Mobile beat iPhone's 5G speeds after Apple swallowed its modem pride? [phonearena.com]
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• T-Mobile Eyes Price Hikes As AT&T, Verizon Set to Raise Rates in March [kiplinger.com]
• Parks: Fixed Wireless Sees Strong Customer Price Satisfaction [telecompetitor.com]
• Broadband groups renew push to exempt BEAD grants from taxation [lightreading.com]
• Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world [arstechnica.com]
• 'Outrageous' price rises could trap telecoms customers between £60 price hikes and £500 exit fees [which.co.uk]
• Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads [androidauthority.com]
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• As FCC Refines Broadband Map Challenge Process, It’s Pretty Much an Anti-Climax [telecompetitor.com]
• Altice USA pitches mobile to SMBs [lightreading.com]
• Cable Giants Insist That Forcing Them To Make Cancellations Easier Violates Their First Amendment Rights [techdirt.com]
• Verizon Customers Could Get as Much as $100 in Settlement Payout. How to Claim the Money [cnet.com]
• T-Mobile US on top despite falling customer growth [telecoms.com]
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• Verizon Just Sent Some Customers a Confusing Email About Raising Prices. It's a Lesson In How Not to Treat People [inc.com]
• T-Mobile leaves the door open to price increases [lightreading.com]
• Netflix Suddenly Cares About Net Neutrality Again After Comcast’s Peacock NFL Success [techdirt.com]
• UK Launches Formal Probe Into £16.5B Vodafone-Three Deal [bbc.co.uk]
• T-Mobile subscribers having issues claiming their free "Hulu On Us" perk [phonearena.com]
• T-Mobile Connected Workplace Targets Retail Locations and Branches [telecompetitor.com]
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• How the rising prices of streaming services are driving a new era of US pirate sites, bringing ~$2B per year in ads and subscriptions with a 90% profit margin [bloomberg.com]
• AT&T CEO on BEAD: Thumbs Up on Texas; Thumbs Down on Some Other States [telecompetitor.com]
• Fractured Streaming Services Don’t Suck Enough To Keep The NFL’s Peacock Experiment From Being A Success [techdirt.com]
• T-Mobile Says It May Slow Some Home Internet Speeds of Some Users in Times of 'Congestion' [cnet.com]
• Comcast sheds fewer internet subscriber than expected while beating on earnings [marketwatch.com]
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• FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program [techdirt.com]
• As public broadband networks ramp up, so do new attacks [lightreading.com]
• AT&T Reports Strong Mobile, Broadband Growth After Slow Stretch [bnnbloomberg.ca]
• Netflix's gains 13M new global 4Q subscribers as it unwraps its best-ever holiday season results [techxplore.com]
• Cable industry puts its weight behind Internet routing security [lightreading.com]
• Starlink Outshines ‘Slow’ Bell Internet in Rural Newfoundland [iphoneincanada.ca]
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