November 18, 2008

HughesNet Canadian Class Action? Xplornet, C-Com, and Galaxy Broadband

Following the HughesNet Class Action lawsuit filed by the law firm of Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, LLC, which in part asserts claims by subscribers for unlawful early termination fees (ETF) and fraudulent business practices involving slow-broadband service, lack of Internet accessibility and connectivity, there have now been a number of inquiries from Canadian residents with similar Complaints.

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November 6, 2008

HughesNet Early Termination Fees Revisited? The Sprint-Nextel Case

Following the HughesNet Class Action lawsuit filed by the law firm of Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, LLC, which in part asserts claims by subscribers for unlawful early termination fees (ETF), another lawsuit against Sprint-Nextel has now been filed in federal court.

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October 22, 2008

Consumers Fight-Back Against Slow Internet Service, Limited Bandwidth, and Egregious Customer Fees --- Comcast, HughesNet and Qwest

This past year has been a “bellwether” year for consumer advocacy groups with respect to reform and Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”).

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September 29, 2008

PBM Files Class Action Against HughesNet --- Satellite Broadband Company

The law-firm of Pogust, Braslow, & Millrood, LLC, recently filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a lawsuit against HughesNet, Inc., Hughes Communications, Inc., and Hughes Network Systems, LLC, for breach of contract and frauduluent business practices involving the marketing of the HughesNet® Satellite Broadband Network System.

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August 11, 2008

FCC’s Slap on Comcast’s Interference with P2P Internet Connections

In an unprecedented decision, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently affirmed its authority to protect a “vibrant and open Internet” by ordering Comcast to cease selective and preferential interference over some of its online subscribers, namely those customers whom share online files via peer-to-peer applications (P2P).

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