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11.18.2009 3:54 pm

New phone books are out, but you need to ask for White Pages

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As AT&T promised earlier this year, the latest edition of its residential White Pages won’t be showing up on your doorsteps this year. Unless you ask.

The company says you can get residential listings online at RealPagesLive.com or YellowPages.com for free.

But if you…

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11.18.2009 3:26 pm

Fight between Verizon, AT&T heats up

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I remember the day one of Verizon’s local reps handed me a piece of the company’s new marketing campaign - one that takes deliberate aim at competitors AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.

My first thought was that it reminded me of those…

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11.16.2009 12:30 pm

Why cell phone plans cost what they cost

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why cell phone plans are priced the way they are, you should check out this New York Times story.

It looks at how pricing plans have evolved into this system where you essentially subsidize the…

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09.29.2009 3:14 pm

AT&T campaigns against texting while driving, national summit set to convene

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I was reminded yet again today of the dangers of texting and driving. After lunch, I was pulling away from the curb when a woman zipped past me, eyes glued to the screen of her cell phone, upon which she…

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08.19.2009 1:17 pm

Are you wasting money on your cell phone bill?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cell phone users may be wasting several hundred dollars a year, paying for unused minutes and services they’ll never use. At least, that’s the argument being made by the Illinois Citizens Utility Board, a utility watchdog group.

The group released a…

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07.02.2009 12:38 pm

Government pushes broadband access, but not without some strings

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I wonder if this counts as ironic: I sat down a few minutes ago to write about the government’s efforts to stimulate broadband access around the country. My initial attempt lasted less than a minute, halted in its tracks by a…

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06.30.2009 5:11 pm

Residential White Pages may soon go away

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’re thinking about opposing AT&T’s plan to eliminate automatic delivery of the residential White Pages, now is the time to act.

The Missouri Public Service Commission is having an public hearing in St. Louis on July 8 to hear customer comments…

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06.24.2009 4:17 pm

Music makers offer explanation for ringtone fight

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Earlier this week, I mentioned the ongoing squabble over ringtones involving AT&T and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.

Essentially, the music producers group believes it should be paid more by wireless carriers for the ringtones so many cell…

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06.22.2009 12:18 pm

Is a ringtone a musical performance? One lawsuit says ‘yes’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It seems that I share an annoyance with someone over ringtones - admittedly for different reasons.

Apparently, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers isn’t a fan of all those ringtones being sold by wireless carriers. I’ve always found ringtones…

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05.04.2009 4:39 pm

Top-selling smart phone? Hint: It’s the other one with a fruity name

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Life is full of surprises. Despite all the hype given (by people like me) to Apple and its nifty iPhones, the Blackberry Curve just took over the number one position in smart phone sales in the first quarter of 2009.

According…

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