Landlines & Long Distance

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$25 cell plan with unlimited talk and text

Smartphone rates are shooting up, but for those who want talk-and-text only, rates are dropping. This provider offers an unlimited plan for $25/month.

• 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Ooma named best home phone service again

The way you bring technology into your home for communication and entertainment is changing. If you follow the trends, you can save big money. Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, just reported huge profits of $1.2 billion over just 90 days at a time when they're actually losing pay TV ...

• 1:49 p.m. Thursday, May 3, 2012

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Unlimited talk, text and web for $19/month

You may have heard by now about the new no-contract unlimited talk, text and web service that costs just $19/month. But should you jump at this offer?

• 12:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
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Voicemail Hacking A Rising Concern

The next time you pick up your phone to check voicemail, Clark has something he wants you to do to protect yourself from hackers. Clark discusses this new telecomm scam.

• 12:00 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 2011
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Fake cram charges on phone bills return

RIP-OFF ALERT: Cramming on phone bills has made a comeback, resulting in an epidemic where an estimated 20 million Americans are paying for fake charges on their monthly bill. For those who unfamiliar with the term, cramming is a situation where phone companies enter into deals with marketing companies that ...

• 1:21 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
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Clark's reaction to block of AT&T/T-Mobile deal

The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) move to stop the marriage of AT&T and T-Mobile heartens me, but we'll still have to wait to see how it all plays out in the courts. I saw a headline in The Wall Street Journal that described the DOJ's legal blocking maneuver as ...

• 1:42 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011
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AT&T landline users facing new cram charge

AT&T is now imposing a base-rate long distance charge on customer's landline bill. Clark explains why this is unecessary, and how to remove the charge.

• 12:00 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, 2011
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Rip-off Alert: Pay phone scam

In the world of telecomm scams, what's old is new again. A veteran pay phone scam has made a comeback in the age of cell phones.

• 12:00 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, 2011

AT&T tries to stick customer with false international charges

I remember many years ago in my TV work I did story about how easy it is for crooks to tap into a business or residential phone line, especially at older apartment or condo buildings. Now, I don't want to give too much away because I got a big reaction ...

• 2:28 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011
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AT&T landline customers face rip-off charge

RIP-OFF ALERT: AT&T is imposing a base rate long distance charge on landline customers to offset the fact that most people use cell phones for long distance calling. But there is a way for you to get out of this rip-off fee. AT&T landline customers in select territories received legal ...

• 1:47 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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