NEW YORK (AP) — Telecommunications company Vodafone’s report on government surveillance of its customers in 29 countries reveals more than first meets the eye — and is raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about how much spying on email and telephone chats happens in secret. In Friday’s report Vodafone said most countries required the company’s […]
Verizon to Netflix: Stop blaming us for bad video
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications Inc., the country’s fourth-largest home Internet service provider, sent a letter to Netflix Inc. on Thursday, telling it to stop blaming Verizon for bad video quality or face a lawsuit. Verizon is reacting to messages appearing on the screens of some Netflix subscribers, blaming Internet service providers for poor […]
AT&T says DirecTV deal would let it build fiber
NEW YORK (AP) — In an attempt to curry favor with regulators, AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that if it’s allowed to buy satellite broadcaster DirecTV, it will be able to afford an expansion of fiber connections into more homes to boost their Internet connection speeds. DirecTV’s board of directors agreed last month to sell to […]