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Consumer Reports Names AT&T Worst Wireless Provider

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Monday, December 6, 2010

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TOP STORY
- Consumer Reports: AT&T Is The Worst

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- RadioShack Selling iPhone 4 For $24

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- Web 2.0 Summit

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- Consumer Reports: AT&T Is The Worst
Consumer Reports' latest member survey ranks AT&T's wireless services as the worst in the U.S.
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- RadioShack Selling iPhone 4 For $24
RadioShack is offering a range of deals on Apple's iPhone 4, including a trade-in program that drops the net price of Apple's smartphone to just $24.
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- Apple iOS 4.2 For iPad Reviewed
AirPlay, AirPrint, folders and multitasking come to the iPad with Apple's latest software update, but is it the enterprise tablet we've been waiting for? Here we put it through the paces to find out.
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- Clearwire Sells $1.2 Billion In Debt
With Verizon's 4G LTE network rollout stoking competition, Clearwire is considering selling spectrum or adding investors to fund its network buildout.
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- FCC's Copps Calls For Broadband Reclassification
Setting up a conflict with FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, the commissioner Michael J. Copps has publicly advocated for net neutrality deliberations to weigh changes that would bring carriers and cable companies under increased regulation.
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- iPads Hit The Enterprise
Businesses are embracing a new generation of tablets, but they require IT support and potentially development resources.
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- All Megabytes Are Not Priced Equal
By Ed Hansberry
The days of unlimited data plans for wireless data are winding down. As you begin to explore the various data plans for your device or devices, be forewarned. Often the amount charged for a megabyte or gigabyte of data can differ, even though the plans are from the same carrier.
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- Are Windows Phone 7 Sales Slow?
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