James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Monday, November 25, 2013

Major Cell Phone Carrier Says You Shouldn’t Be Surprised They Were Ranked Worst Provider by Consumer Reports

Sprint fell to the bottom of Consumer Reports’ ranking of wireless providers — but the cell phone carrier says users shouldn’t be surprised. “While the findings in the Consumer Reports’ survey are disappointing, they’re not necessarily surprising,” a Sprint representative said, according to CNET. “We’ve asked customers during the past year to ‘pardon our dust’ as we build out and upgrade our network.”