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Current Issues with Internet and Wi-Fi for Hotels and Restaurants

Hospitality Law Conference, Houston, TX –  Marc Lindsey.   Hotels, restaurants, and other for-profit establishments that are open to the public can attract more customers and enhance the customer experience by offering wireless (i.e., Wi-Fi) Internet access to visitors (especially if it’s free); but the legal and business risks of doing […]

Verizon’s New Online Master Terms Highlight Risks of Online Service Agreements

Enterprise customers beware: What’s in your contract may not determine what happens with your actual service. No Jitter (www.nojitter.com) Justin Castillo Service guides and other Internet-based agreements that “supplement” a customer’s contract are among the most challenging aspects of network services agreements. They allow carriers to change existing provisions unilaterally […]

Ten New Year Resolutions for the Enterprise

Resolve to take these steps to strengthen your hand when dealing with the carriers. No Jitter (www.nojitter.com) Justin Castillo The New Year offers a chance to work on curing bad habits and to develop some good ones to replace them. In that spirit, here is a list of resolutions that […]

AT&T’s Creeping Costs

What’s AT&T Dedicated Access Going to Cost You? More Than You Think Voice Report D.E. Boehling and Theresa Knutson Telecom carriers raise rates to make more money. But how can they do that in a tough market in which they face competitive pressure to reduce rates? They imitate the airlines. […]

USF surcharge factor reaches yet another record high

TC2 Blog Andrew Brown Last week, the Federal Communications Commission officially announced that the Universal Service Fund contribution factor – the percentage surcharge that appears each month as a line item on your bills for telecom services – would be set at an all-time high of 17.9% for the first […]