phone-line

Ventura said the bill was likely behind the phone-line crash.

Callers against climate bill crash phone system 2009

They arranged to purchase ever-larger amounts of phone-line capacity on credit from big telecommunications companies, resold it and then failed to pay their suppliers, the filing said.

Swindler in Telecom Fraud Is Set to Plead Guilty John R. Emshwiller 2011

The defendants allegedly bought on credit ever greater amounts of phone-line capacity from the big companies, resold it and then failed to pay their telecom suppliers — a scheme known as a "bust out."

The Last of the Golden Swindlers John R. Emshwiller 2010

The defendants allegedly bought on credit ever greater amounts of phone-line capacity from the big companies, resold it and then failed to pay their telecom suppliers — a scheme known as a "bust out."

The Last of the Golden Swindlers John R. Emshwiller 2010

T-Mobile was sued last week for allegedly blocking text messages from a medical marijuana Web site, in a case that highlights a debate over whether federal regulators should apply rules against blocking phone-line content to text messages.

T-Mobile sued for blocking medical marijuana text messages 2010

The defendants allegedly bought on credit ever greater amounts of phone-line capacity from the big companies, resold it and then failed to pay their telecom suppliers — a scheme known as a "bust out."

The Last of the Golden Swindlers John R. Emshwiller 2010

The defendants allegedly bought on credit ever greater amounts of phone-line capacity from the big companies, resold it and then failed to pay their telecom suppliers — a scheme known as a "bust out."

The Last of the Golden Swindlers John R. Emshwiller 2010

The defendants allegedly bought on credit ever greater amounts of phone-line capacity from the big companies, resold it and then failed to pay their telecom suppliers — a scheme known as a "bust out."

The Last of the Golden Swindlers John R. Emshwiller 2010

The defendants allegedly bought on credit ever greater amounts of phone-line capacity from the big companies, resold it and then failed to pay their telecom suppliers — a scheme known as a "bust out."

The Last of the Golden Swindlers John R. Emshwiller 2010

Via some sort of phone-line competition, England fans will be asked to sing the chorus, a bit like the audience used to have to do at Robbie Williams concerts.

A World Cup without Simon Cowell? Oh, I don't think so 2010