Stories about: Qwest Communications

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    LTE demo will test broadband for oil fields 21/08/2010 09:23:00

    LTE is generating excitement in the world of consumer electronics and ever-faster online video viewing, but the 4G (fourth-generation) mobile network technology may have even greater implications for specific industries that lack a good means of connectivity.
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    CenturyTel to buy Qwest for $10.6B 23/04/2010 06:53:00

    Telecommunications carrier CenturyTel has agreed to buy Qwest Communications International for around US$10.6 billion in stock. The merged company will operate around 17 million phone lines and serve 5 million broadband customers across 37 U.S. states.
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    A Chinese ISP momentarily hijacks the Internet 09/04/2010 06:59:00

    For the second time in two weeks, bad networking information spreading from China has disrupted the Internet.
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    Q&A: isoHunt founder says P2P can help create post-piracy world 07/11/2009 11:41:00

    Gary Fung founded BitTorrent search engine isoHunt.com in 2003 when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
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    US lawmakers investigate telecom 'traffic pumping' 15/10/2009 07:11:00

    Three high-profile U.S. lawmakers have begun an informal investigation into high access charges that some rural telephone carriers charge to competitors, on the heels of complaints about the practice from Google and some large carriers.
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    Telecom carriers: 'Phantom' voice traffic costing billions 24/04/2008 08:41:08

    Some VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile phone service providers are riding free when connecting to the traditional telephone network in the US, potentially costing carriers billions of dollars, according to testimony at a Senate hearing this week.
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    US carriers quietly developing IPv6 services 03/04/2008 08:20:59

    For a decade, IPv6 has been the classic chicken-and-egg conundrum: There has been little North American demand for IPv6, so US carriers haven't introduced IPv6 services; without commercial IPv6 services available from carriers, US government agencies and businesses can't migrate to the next-generation Internet technology.
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    IT people, places and things that matter 24/12/2007 07:23:06

    What makes a top newsmaker? Sometimes a company generates lots of buzz by doing particularly innovative things, or someone with a catalyzing personality gains notoriety. Other times a hot new product or a spectacular disaster gets the attention of the masses.
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    VOIP veteran shares lessons learned 03/11/2007 06:10:47

    When you've lived with VOIP for more than seven years, as Mike Shisko has, you learn a thing or two about what works and what doesn't. Inadequate prioritization techniques can derail a deployment, for example. So can choosing the wrong security gear. Despite some setbacks, the director of IT for Hitachi Consulting wouldn't do voice any other way.
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    Internet2 lights up the first segment of next-gen Net 06/12/2006 11:21:58

    Internet2 announced Tuesday that the first segment of its next generation network is live.
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    Fiber to the home: 'It's insanely better' 13/10/2006 09:35:03

    Some call it fiber to the home (FTTH) or fiber to the premises (FTTP) or fiber to the node (FTTN) or fiber to the curb (FTTC) or fiber to wherever (FTTX).
 
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