http://dir.salon.com/topics/telecommunications/?source=rss&aim=telecommunications en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT By Jon B. Eisenberg Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/09/alharamain_lawsuit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/09/alharamain_lawsuit/index.html?source=rss U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway. Andrew Leonard Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/25/america_s_broadband_shame/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/25/america_s_broadband_shame/index.html?source=rss The U.S. continues to fall behind other nations in providing fast Internet access to all its citizens. The good news: We're saving rural America from smut overload. Andrew Leonard Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/28/3com/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/28/3com/index.html?source=rss Its Silicon Valley glory days long gone, the telecommunications firm kowtows to the inevitable. By Eric Boehlert Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/06/powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/06/powell/index.html?source=rss FCC chairman Michael Powell, Colin's smooth, ambitious son, has never met a media merger he didn't like. By Deborah Scoblionkov Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/10/16/slammed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/10/16/slammed/index.html?source=rss A case of mistaken identity exposes how a long-distance telephone company is targeting Asian immigrants. By Jake Tapper Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/14/it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/14/it/index.html?source=rss Telecommunications behemoths throw a wrench into the plans of Internet phone providers -- and you'll be the one stuck with the bill. By Tony Wheeler Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/10/wired/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/11/10/wired/index.html?source=rss Why is a Turkish village more connected than a Japanese megalopolis? Lonely Planet's peripatetic founder celebrates and laments the state of global communications. By Janelle Brown Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/10/07/rcn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/10/07/rcn/index.html?source=rss RCN, the up-and-coming fiber optic network, tries -- a little too hard -- to get us to think of it as a telecom revolutionary. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/07/19/cable_regulation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/07/19/cable_regulation/index.html?source=rss A new series of television ads warns of the dangers of Internet regulation. The real story: Telecom industry bickering. By Scott Rosenberg Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/01/20/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/01/20/straight/index.html?source=rss @Home's purchase of Excite poses a new challenge to AOL and leaves Microsoft on the sidelines -- for now. By Mark Schapiro Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/12/08/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/12/08/feature/index.html?source=rss Internet activism, Czech-style: By Mark Schapiro. The Communists are yesterday's target -- today, it's the phone company's Net-access rate hikes. By Scott Rosenberg Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1997/10/09/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1997/10/09/straight/index.html?source=rss The Net becomes WorldCom's fiefdom