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Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call (Chinese)
電話推銷詐騙 ﹣利用電話行騙 ﹣美國消費者一年被詐騙的金額高達四百億。 大家萬勿陷入此纇電話騙局，本手冊長達八頁，針對一般利用電話行騙的手法或電話詐騙慈善捐款、如何接聽推銷電話、騙局預警、個人如何防範電話推銷、個人法律保障以及電話推銷員觸犯個人“謝絕來電“權益等提供深入的指引。手冊內容並包括投訴機構及相關協助資源。 -
Vietnamese:
Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call (Vietnamese)
Gian lận bán hàng qua điện thoại - sử dụng điện thoại để lừa đảo và gạt gẫm - cướp người tiêu thụ tại Hoa Kỳ khoảng 40 tỷ hàng năm. Đừng Dễ Bị Gạt… -
Korean:
Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call (Korean)
전화를 이용한 텔레마케팅 사기로 미국 소비자가 입는 피해는 한해 무려 4백억불이나 됩니다. 이 소책자는 전화 판매를 이용한 사기와 기부를 가장한 사기 유형, 상품 판매 전화에 대처하는 요령, 사기 상품 판매 전화의 식별 요령, 원하지 않는… -
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Don’t Fall for the Wrong Call
Telemarketing fraud — using the phone to swindle and cheat — robs U.S. consumers of about $40 billion a year. Don't fall for the wrong call, an 8-page, in-depth guide provides information on common tricks… -
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Out of tune with consumers
The latest example of a government bailout of a troubled industry has nothing to do with Bear Stearns. It is, instead, the Justice Department’s decision to give the green light to the merger of the… -
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Bringing broadband to the urban poor
Anthony Celestine was a latecomer to the Internet Age. The 40-year-old Harlem resident has owned a small Jani-King commercial cleaning franchise since 2004, but until recently, the New Yorker hadn’t owned a computer or even… -
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Breaking the cable company’s bundles
Remember those simpler, happier days when you could summarize your television viewing as “57 channels and nothing on”? If you don’t, no need to worry—there’s probably a documentary about it airing on one of the… -
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Teenagers text more than they call
OMG, W8 til U read this: one in three teenagers sends more than 100 text messages a day, and 72 percent are now text-messagers, compared with 51 percent in 2006, according to a recent Pew… -
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Rethinking cell service in remote flood region
LANGLEY, Ark — For many visitors and residents of this heavily forested region, the appeal is in the disconnect. Without so much as a cellphone tower near these vast campgrounds, some come here happy to… -
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4G wireless technology: A look at what’s ahead
The first cellphone in the U.S. to use fourth-generation wireless technology — better known as 4G — debuted this month with the promise of super-fast download speeds, smooth video streams and even video chat. The… -
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State PUC has let down its guard since phone deregulation, report finds
State regulators said they’d look out for consumers after California’s phone market was deregulated in 2006. They didn’t. That’s the conclusion of a blistering report to be released Friday by California’s Senate Office of Oversight… -
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Reforms urged in federal funding for phone lines
Americans are turning away from home phone lines and toward mobile, but a federal program continues to pour $8 billion a year into phone service for rural homes and businesses. Last year in Chelan, Wash.,… -
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Minorities favor phones in using Web
Nearly six in 10 Americans are now connected to the Internet wirelessly via a Wi-Fi connection, mobile broadband card or cellphone, compared to about half at this point last year, according to a report from… -
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‘Bill shock’ may hit cellphone users traveling overseas
Summertime … and the roamin’ is easy. Navy ROTC Midshipman John Preis went on a nifty training mission last month, traveling from Okinawa to Guam via nuclear-powered submarine. After he returned to Los Angeles, he… -
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Opening smart-tool world to the disabled
Blind and deaf consumers, who have fought to make home phones and television more accessible, say they are being left behind on the Web and many mobile devices. Touch-based smartphone screens confound blind people who… -
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FCC investigates wireless industry for billing practices
The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it is conducting an industry-wide investigation into cell phone billing practices amid complaints by customers of Verizon Wireless and other carriers of unwanted data charges. The agency’s 10-month-long investigation,… -
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Crackdown on phone bill ‘cramming’ falls short
State regulators voted Thursday to crack down on unauthorized charges appearing on people’s phone bills, a practice known in telecom circles as “cramming.” For the first time, service providers like AT&T and Verizon will be… -
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Comcast-NBC deal includes provisions to protect public
The Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department did something remarkable on Tuesday: They came up with a set of conditions on a major business deal — Comcast’s acquisition of NBC Universal — that leading consumer… -
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Verizon sues FCC to overturn order on blocking web sites
Less than a month after the Federal Communications Commission adopted an order aimed at keeping Internet service providers from blocking access to certain Web content or applications, Verizon asked a federal appeals court on Thursday… -
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FCC net neutrality rules spark claims of violations
The ink is barely dry on the Federal Communications Commission’s rules to protect Internet access, and claims of violations are already surfacing. For example, consumer groups say wireless provider Metro PCS is blocking services such… -
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Google plays ball to kill tethering apps
It seems a few American carriers have started working with Google to disable access to tethering apps in the Android Market in recent weeks, ostensibly because they make it easier for users to circumvent the… -
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Deciphering Verizon’s smartphone data caps
Are you a wireless data glutton or a nibbler? Many Verizon Wireless customers will have to figure that out — perhaps as soon as this week — as the country’s largest wireless carrier is set… -
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Empower U Classroom Quiz
The Empower U quiz can help you educate your clients and community members on four key telecommunications topics: TV services, wireless phone services, Internet service and telemarketing. -
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Pay-per-channel could help save cable firms
As a newspaper employee, I know a thing or two about the Internet eating your lunch. So I can say with complete sincerity: I feel Time Warner Cable’s pain. Southern California’s biggest cable provider lost… -
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How to save on your smartphone bill: Track data usage painlessly
Data congestion on wireless networks has gotten so bad that carriers are taking fresh steps to curb bandwidth hogs’ enthusiasm. This week, Verizon (VZ) revealed it had begun throttling back delivery speeds for its top…
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