By Seth Mydans It used to be easier: Close the borders, set up roadblocks, stop the trains, cut telephone lines, and then crack down on your people with impunity. This is what the military in the former Burma did when it crushed a pro-democracy uprising in 1988.

Text of report by Iranian pro-reform news website Aftab on 14 January It has been said that certain telephone lines in various parts of Tehran have been disconnected because of what has been described by the Telecommunications Company's personnel as "illegal international contacts".

By D.R. Stewart, Tulsa World, Okla. May 6--Oklahoma telephone companies are not required to obtain municipal franchise agreements to use public rights of way to provide television services over telephone lines, according to Attorney General Drew Edmondson.

Internet calling gaining ground AT&T, Time Warner plan to expand service By JASON GERTZEN jgertzen@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Sunday, August 1, 2004 Jon Byman was considered a technology pioneer a couple years ago when he hung up his local telephone service and began making calls over the Internet.

Specialized software, dial-out modem pools ease tenant moves Today, thousands of businesses in industries such as financial services, insurance, banking, healthcare, data collection, and transportation use modems for data communication, with remote systems and equipment belonging to their business partners and customers.