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Date: 12 Jun 2023 10:09:02 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Agencies stuck on hold as $50B telecoms contract deadline
passes
By Molly Weisner
About a third of federal agencies including the Social Security
Administration, the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture will have another 12 months to transition to a
long-delayed $50 billion telecommunications contract, delaying their
transition to modern systems.
The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security were given until 2026
to complete their transitions, in part because of hardships they cited
related the pandemic.
https://tinyurl.com/yfhcwsk4
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| Message-ID: <20230612143214.GA522631@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 12 Jun 2023 10:32:14 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: 10 Years After Snowden's First Leak, What Have We Learned?
Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @11:30PM from the then-and-now
dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register:
The world got a first glimpse into the US government's
far-reaching surveillance of American citizens' communications --
namely, their Verizon telephone calls -- 10 years ago this week
when Edward Snowden's initial leaks hit the press. [...] In the
decade since then, "reformers have made real progress advancing
the bipartisan notion that Americans' liberty and security are
not mutually exclusive," [US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)]
said. "That has delivered tangible results: in 2015 Congress
ended bulk collection of Americans' phone records by passing the
USA Freedom Act." This bill sought to end the daily snooping into
American's phone calls by forcing telcos to collect the records
and make the Feds apply for the information.
https://tinyurl.com/4jjy2eue
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| Message-ID: <20230612144113.GA522687@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 12 Jun 2023 10:41:13 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Verizon warns all Wi-Fi users over six mistakes you can’t
afford to make – check your router now
By Ashley Palya
Published: 11:47 ET, Jun 8 2023Updated: 13:38 ET, Jun 8 2023
VERIZON has revealed some common mistakes made when it comes to
keeping your Wi-Fi network safe from breaches.
The phone company noted that security is a top priority as failure to
protect your networks can result in possible identity theft, hacking
of your personal information, or malicious software infecting your
devices.
https://tinyurl.com/28z5zpk3
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Date: 13 Jun 2023 10:05:05 -0400
From: "The Telecom digest" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: State UTC fines CenturyLink more than $1.3M for 911 outage
By Shauna Sowersby
CenturyLink has been fined more than $1.3 million by Washington state
regulators for their role in a two-day 911 outage that began on
Dec. 27, 2018.
According to a press release Monday from the Washington Utilities and
Transportation Commission, the outage affected all Washingtonians. The
commission also noted that CenturyLink violated state laws and “its
actions harmed the public by failing to complete at least 13,000 911
calls” in the 50-hour timespan.
https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article276328221.html
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Date: 13 Jun 2023 10:53:06 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <telecomdigestsubmissions@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Whats up with CenturyLink now?
Is CenturyLink down 6/9/2023. Why CenturyLink is not working today?
Whats up with CenturyLink now?
By Vlad Nikiforov 09.06.2023
CenturyLink is down today, June 9 2023. CenturyLink is not working
right now, let’s sort out what’s wrong with CenturyLink and why it’s
inaccessible 6/9/2023.
According to the graph provided by the Downdetector service we can see
that 60 users are experiencing problems with CenturyLink. CenturyLink
outages reported in the last 24 hours.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8h3e2m
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* Moderator's Note
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* I come across things like this every so often, and I'm trying to
* figure out if they're just clickbait, or if they're aimed at a
* specific audience. Does anyone have some knowledge we can use?
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* Bill Horne
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