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Telecom
Inquiry targets cellphone subsidies
May 4, 2013
Dan HumanState officials want to know how an Oklahoma City company managed to set up 30,000 Indiana accounts for a federally subsidized
phone program in less than a year. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into whether TerraCom
LLC is repeating federal violations it allegedly committed in Oklahoma.
MoreTwo neighboring utilities united by fiber in Hancock County
February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyUnusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
MoreBrightPoint buyer Ingram Micro mulls cost-cutting
December 1, 2012
Dan HumanA top BrightPoint Inc. executive expects little employment change for the distribution and logistics company’s 1,100-person
central Indiana work force, despite the potential for job cuts and facility closings across the country.
MoreOut-of-the-way telecom company to branch into Indy
November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleySmithville Telephone, headquartered in Ellettsville, near Bloomington, is the state’s largest independently owned phone
company. Its Smithville Digital division, which provides fiber-optic communications to businesses, hospitals and schools in
17 Indiana counties, mostly in the south, has quietly been growing on the periphery of Indianapolis.
MoreCommunications firm Metronet plants flag in Indy area
October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Evansville company plans to install more than 200 miles of fiber-optic lines in Franklin.
MoreHICKS: Telecom reform in Indiana worked
March 5, 2011
Mike HicksDeregulation of monopolies tends to almost always make consumers better off. Indiana’s broad and effective telecommunications
reform of 2006 is a classic example of this.
MoreHancock County utilities take on new name
February 12, 2011
IBJ StaffThe merged Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power have become NineStar Connect.
MoreIndianapolis customers line up for Verizon iPhone
February 10, 2011
Sean MorrisonCustomers waiting outside the Verizon Wireless store in Castleton early Thursday wanted two things: iPhones and warmth.
MoreFBI investigating Durham firms for phone cramming
December 16, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe FBI is asking land-line phone customers across the country to check their bills for phantom charges from more than 20
companies controlled by or connected to embattled financier Tim Durham.
MoreHancock County utilities set to proceed with merger
November 3, 2010
Scott OlsonConsolidation of Central Indiana Power and Hancock Telecom will become official on Jan. 1. It took a change in state law to
allow the merger to proceed.
MoreClosing of Greenwood call center to affect 260 workers
October 7, 2010
The center, operated by Indianapolis-based TeleServices Direct, is set to close Dec. 4. The company attributed the closing
to a loss of business.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Telamon CEO adopts unorthodox style
July 7, 2010
Mason King
Albert Chen, founder of Telamon Corp., revels in a messy desk, espouses
the benefits of humility, and admires Warren Buffett.
Anderson tech firm One Number files patent suit against Google
April 24, 2010
Chris O'MalleyAn Anderson firm that provides a “one number” service that rings all of a client’s phones has filed suit
against Web giant Google, alleging Google Voice infringes on two of its patents.
MoreIURC conducts review of Centennial's telecom service
November 7, 2009
Chris O'MalleyEvery neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the
most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.
MoreTelecom supplier Telamon hopes to 'ignite' racing industry
November 6, 2009
Scott OlsonCarmel-based Telamon Corp. rose to become one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the area largely by serving telecommunications
giants. Now it is veering off its traditional course to supply racing teams with an ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn.
MoreCity files complaint against Bright House Networks over unpaid fees
July 27, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA municipality has filed the first formal complaint against a cable television operator since state telecommunications reform
three years ago unplugged local government oversight of operators.
MoreTelcos eye possible competition from electric utilities
May 11, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA trade group for the state's telephone companies is wringing its hands over budding efforts of electric companies to offer
so-called smart grids to better monitor and manage electric distribution.
MoreeGix buyout sets up Bell battle
December 17, 2007
Scott OlsonThe fiercely competitive local telecommunications landscape should get even more heated, following Cincinnati Bell Inc.'s
$18 million acquisition of Carmel-based eGix Inc. eGix provides bundled voice and data services, as well as high-speed Internet
access and messaging products, to about 17,000 commercial customers.
MoreAT&T's stealth over U-verse drawes fire
September 17, 2007
Chris O'MalleySome in the telecom industry think AT&T had the Indiana General Assembly twirled around its finger like a coil of phone cord
last year. It lobbied legislators to rewrite the state's telecommunications laws so it could more easily deploy its "U-verse"
video product.
MoreCourt tells telecom giants to pay payphone operators
June 4, 2007
Chris O'MalleyThe state's 30-or-so independent payphone operators--a conveyance nearly made extinct by wireless phones--may begin receiving
refunds next month from AT&T Indiana and Verizon for excess charges the phone companies billed independent payphone operators
for dial tones from 1997 to 2004.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.