Sacramento Updated News Events

The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry

The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to telemarketers in the near future, and that it is not necessary to register cell phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry to be protected from most telemarketing calls to cell phones.
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SPECIAL LIONS TRAINING IN BYSTRANDER CPR
By Lion Jack Morris

The vast majority of heart attacks happen at home. First responders are most
often spouses who, in the excitement that surrounds these life threatening
moments, are almost always poorly equipped to provide the required
resuscitations.

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Written for the web by C. Johnson, Internet News Producer

The city of Sacramento is preparing to make wireless Internet access around town as common as cell phone service.

On Tuesday, city officials and MobilePro, a wireless broadband provider launched a Wi-Fi network for Sacramento. High speed wireless Internet access is now available at City Hall and in the next two years, laptop users in public places around the entire city should be able to log in.

“The first phase would be construction of the central city freeway to freeway, river to river,” says Dean Peckham, Sacramento spokesperson. “And then complete build-out within the city within two years.” The first areas MobilePro will outfit with transmitters are downtown Sacramento, old Sacramento and around the State Capitol.

MobilePro is putting up the $5 million investment for equipment and the city is providing the public access points or “hot spots”. The company hopes to make back its investment with subscriptions. It will offer daily or monthly rates for high-speed Internet access. MobilePro has agreed to provide up to two hours free daily Internet access at lower speed.

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