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Probably nothing to worry about but something to keep your eyes on, we've been told by a number of people to expect a major cyber-attack inside the USA. The interesting about this report is the outages have hit AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile and their discount brands like Cricket, etc.

AMAC keeps pushing PureTalk over other wireless carriers as having no agenda or being "un-woke". How does PureTalk rate compared to other carriers in terms of access, reliability, cost and customer service? How easy is it to switch over?

We are Verizon customers and have been for about eight years. Was watching the tube with the family last night when a Verizon commercial came on showing kids making the "coming out" call to their parents... My ten year old was watching. The commercial ended with Verizon endorsing and throwing their support towards an Organization calling itself PFLAG which stands for Parents, Friends, Families and Friends of the LQBTQ. We called Sprint this morning... I have four new Galaxy S7s headed my way, I'm saving $90.00 per month, unlimited data and Sprint is paying off what we owe Verizon. I...

The decision by Bay Area Rapid Transit officials to cut off cellphone service Thursday evening – to forestall a planned protest – raises a fundamental question: Do Americans have a basic right to digital free speech or to digitally organized assembly? Because July protests against BART police shootings had turned violent, BART officials took the unusual step to protect public safety, they said. The tactic may have worked: No protests took place Thursday night at BART stations. Temporarily shutting down cell service and beefing up police patrols were "great tool[s] to utilize for this specific purpose," BART police Lt. Andy...