Message-ID: <aw0iM.42836$fZx2.13604@fx14.iad>
Date: 13 Jun 2023 12:08:37 -0400
From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net>
Subject: Re: Agencies stuck on hold as $50B telecoms contract
deadline passes
On 6/12/2023 10:09 AM, The Telecom Digest wrote:
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> https://tinyurl.com/yfhcwsk4
>From the article, further down:
Another complication surrounding the program is a Federal
Communication Commission directive from 2018 that put more
power in the hands of telecomm providers to decide whether
to retire landline copper lines and replace legacy services
like the traditional Plain Old Telephone Service.
“That’s also creating a little bit of turmoil because you’re
seeing carriers raise the price in some areas and shut down
services in others,” Parente said.
Price increases -- Ain't that the truth... I have a a basic flat-rate
local only (no long distance or calling features) POTS line from AT&T
in the former Ameritech region. I was paying in the ball-park of
$31/mo after taxes circa 2016. Now, I'm paying close to $46/mo after
taxes, for the same service. It seems to go up, on average, $1.5/mo
each year, with no end in sight. I like my land line, but at what
point do I say "enough is enough", and cancel the service? I'm the
only one on my block with a land line.
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Don’t feel bad, Michael: here in Frontier territory, I pay over $70
per month for a basic POTS line, which I put up with because the
new owners of the local CableCo, which is the only Internet provider
I can get, cut off the VoIP phone I used to use.
Look on the bright side: when the power goes out, you can put up a
sign advertising “Free Phone Calls,” and when the neighbors line up,
you can tell them that phone calls are free, but there's a $10 fee
to rent the telephone instrument for five minutes.
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| Message-ID: <20230613195957.GA531848@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 13 Jun 2023 15:59:57 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: Florida Enacts Pole Attachment Regulations For Electric
Cooperatives
by Dave Thomas and Abraham J. Shanedling
On June 5, 2023, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB1221,
subjecting rural electric cooperatives to pole attachment regulation
by the Florida Public Service Commission ("FPSC") if they provide
broadband service.
Specifically, the law mandates that if an electric cooperative
provides broadband service "directly, through an affiliate, or
pursuant to an agreement with a third party," or if the cooperative
accepts state or federal funding to expand broadband service to
unserved areas in Florida, then the cooperative's poles will be
subject to the FPSC's pole attachment regulations applicable to
investor-owned electric utilities.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1327194?q=1803232&n=817&tp=4&tlk=4&lk=48
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| Message-ID: <u6bm56$3ughm$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 14 Jun 2023 08:19:18 +0200
From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de>
Subject: Re: 10 Years After Snowden's First Leak, What Have We
Learned?
Am 12.06.2023 um 10:32:14 Uhr schrieb The Telecom Digest:
> 10 Years After Snowden's First Leak, What Have We Learned?
Most people have learned nothing. They don't save their files on their
own machines, they use services from Google etc.
Many people use Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Tiktok.
They don't care if they are spied out.
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