Test your knowledge of current industry events with the following quiz

1. EchoStar is offering a decade of free satellite TV service to any town willing to name itself after the company's service, “Dish.” EchoStar already has similar deals with:

   a. Bad Reception, N.M.

   b. Interference, Fla.

   c. Dish*t Doesn't Work, S.D.

2. Admitting that its customer service employees ignored hundreds of subscriber cancellation requests, America Online agreed to:

   a. pay $1.25 million in penalties.

   b. reform its customer service practices.

   c. transfer those employees to its E911 division.

3. Former employees filed suit against Sprint in August, claiming they were laid off for being too old. The layoffs occurred when the company became aware that:

   a. these workers were all over 50.

   b. these workers were all over 60.

   c. their paychecks were still written in Roman numerals.

4. Kentuckians now have more wireless phones than wireline connections, according to new FCC data. The state's residents have:

   a. 2.2 million wireless phones.

   b. 2 million wireline connections.

   c. 500,000 teeth.

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