BellSouth had planned to continue collecting a $2.97 per month fee from its 3.2 million DSL customers, even though that fee had been originally collected for the federal government’s Universal Service Fund.
BellSouth Also Grifting DSL Fees
Just as Verizon has replaced the Universal Service Fund fee customers paid each month with a new fee that goes straight into their bank account, BellSouth will likewise keep the charge in place and pocket the cash.
EarthLink Saves Big Easy From BellSouth
EarthLink will continue to provide free wireless access in New Orleans by assuming management of the city’s WiFi network and investing some $15 million over three years to improve and build out that network.
Big Easy Broadband Battles BellSouth
Hurricane Katrina prompted New Orleans’ chief information officer to open the municipal 512kbps mesh network to anyone who wanted to access it, but now faces the prospect of a shutdown and legal fight prompted by BellSouth.
Google To BellSouth: Nuts!
The search advertising company is not talking to telecom companies about paying them extra for bandwidth, and has no intention of paying for tiering their traffic.
BellSouth To Nickel-And-Dime iTunes
The telecom company has begun conversations with several unnamed Internet content providers on charging for delivering their content “reliably and speedily.”
BellSouth Punishes New Orleans Over Free WiFi
When officials for the hurricane ravaged city announced a plan to deploy wireless Internet across New Orleans, BellSouth rescinded a donation offer to the city in response.
Bellsouth and Yahoo Riding Broadband Express
The broadband express is running from Atlanta to Sunnyvale via the internet railroad in a new strategic alliance announced on Monday. The plan will co-brand the two companies and allow the Yahoo train to run on Bellsouth DSL rails and give Bellsouth users the option to have the Yahoo platform to provide their service.
Bellsouth DSL Goes To 6.0
Bellsouth announced today plans to take their DSL services up another notch to 6 Mbps. Broadband users with cable companies like Comcast or Adelphia already had 6.0 Mbps access but this marks the first of the major phone companies to offer the service.
BellSouth Awarded Favorable DSL Decision
Telco giant BellSouth was awarded ruling by the FCC, which stated the company was not required to offer stand alone DSL subscription packages, meaning BellSouth can require customers to accept the company’s landline service when offering DSL.