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·         NorVergence Customers Get Two Week Reprieve From Qwest & Cell Providers

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The following TAA members are providing express conversion services to Norvergence customers:

877-261-3615 KeaneTel

888-893-8755 TBI

800-233-8258 x116 CMS

888-723-0411 Zirvo

800-225-5862 TMC

888-396-7182 Bandwave

800-747-1702 Reynwood

201-833-4091 TelcoMaven

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• How To Switch Phone Vendors Fast
  
  
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What To Do If You Need To Switch Phone Vendors Fast

• Recent stories in the news have caused many TAA end-user members to ask TAA what they need to do to change phone vendors fast if their primary telecom provider goes down.
  
  TAA does not endorse or even encourage end-users to haphazardly switch service providers but TAA does strongly suggest that all end-users have a good back up plan so if their services goes down they can switch fast if necessary.
• Click here to read pretty much everything there is to know about putting together a good back up plan BEFORE your provider goes down and emergency procedures to enact AFTER your provider goes down.

Why Small Business Owners Buy Telecom Services Through Agents

• When small business owners buy telecom services directly from a provider they're forced to make a decision based on their own limited experience.
• Click here to see why many small business owners are making better telecom buying decisions by buying telecom through a professional telecom agent.

Instant 800 Number Service That Will Change The Way You Do Business

• Not only can you get a new 800 number within seconds with this service provider, this 800 number will change the way small businesses do business.
• Click here to see how this 800 number service is saving money for small businesses and generating new sources of revenue.

Save Up To 50% On All Your 411 Calls - Works From Cell Phone or Landline

• Business owners are saving up to 50% on their 411 calls made from their cell phones and their landlines by signing up with this new directory assistance "411" provider.
• Click here to see how much money you can save on your cell phone & landline 411 bill and to start a free trial of the service.

Other Headlines

• MCI Lays Off 2,000 More - Long-Distance Firm Cuts Sales Positions MCI Inc. said yesterday that it is eliminating 2,000 U.S. sales jobs as part of a cost-cutting effort in the face of increasing competition, declining revenue and greater reliance by consumers on e-mail. Washington Post
• Phone Customers in 14 States Lose Choice & Savings after Bush Administration Fails to Protect Phone Competition Today, two national telephone carriers, AT&T and Z-Tel Communications, announced they will stop competing in states where wholesale rates for phone lines have eliminated their ability to compete with the Baby Bell companies. Californians for Telecommunications Choice
• Bells Paid Two-Thirds of FCC Fines and Settlements Since Jan. 2000 - NOS Comes in at #8 The four regional Bell operating companies remaining from the break-up of AT&T accounted for roughly two-thirds of all Federal Communications Commission fines and settlements paid since January 2000, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation. Publicintegrity.org
• Qwest Communications Launches Industry-Leading Voice Over IP Service for Business Customers Qwest today advanced its leadership in delivering voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) solutions by launching a national VoIP solution that gives business customers valuable, flexible features to improve their communications while simplifying their telecom environment. Qwest
• Standard & Poor's says may cut AT&T to junk Standard & Poor's on Thursday said it may cut AT&T Corp.'s long-term debt ratings to junk, citing the company's weakening revenues as competition from local phone companies and alternative long-distance phone technologies ratchets higher. Reuters 
• 'Business is Beautiful' for Sprint Combining an upbeat, positive theme with unlikely and memorable images, Sprint has introduced a unique new television and print advertising campaign with the theme "Business is Beautiful." PR Newswire
• Net Phone Threat May Ring Hollow for Bells Thanks to this year's most talked-about new technology, the cable man will be ringing doorbells to pitch a new offering: telephone service. But getting a foot in the door may prove trickier than investors expect. The phenomenon that threatens to crash the gates of telephone companies is known as voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP. Thestreet.com
• Nextel to Expand Walkie-Talkie Service - Nextel, NII Holdings to Expand Their Walkie-Talkie Service to Mexico Mobile communications providers Nextel Communications Inc. and NII Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said the companies will expand their walkie-talkie service to Mexico. AP
• AT&T Introduces Unlimited Calling Plan to Six Mexican Cities Continuing its innovative support to the Latino community of international callers, AT&T today announced the latest addition to its growing portfolio of unlimited calling plans, the AT&T Unlimited® Mexican Cities Plan. This industry- leading plan provides consumers with unlimited direct-dialed calling from their homes to six popular cities in Mexico: Guadalajara, Leon, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week. AT&T
• Telecoms warm to Internet calls, but hype high If there's one technology that's likely to dominate the hype at the telecommunications industry's SuperComm conference next week, Internet phone service is it. And for all those rushing into it, that could mean trouble. Reuters
• UPS cuts the cord Delivery giant UPS is making a $200 million global investment in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular technology--a move that should put an end to delays caused by snapped connector cables linking workers' equipment. CNET
• Customers clamor for Net telephony extras Makers of Net phone equipment that cater to businesses face an important challenge: creating new things for the phones to do, say executives gathered here for the Supercomm 2004 conference. CNET
• Internet speed record broken The world record for the transfer of data across the Internet has been claimed by telecommunications company Sprint and the Swedish National Research and Education Network. CNET

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