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Thursday, February 23, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 54
CWA Members at AT&T Wireless Reach a Tentative Agreement for a New Contract Covering 7,000 Workers Across the Southeast
T Mobile is first U.S. wireless provider in new AWS private wireless program
Re: Opinion: If AT&T Can Silence Newsmax, Who Is Next?
Starry files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Charter chasing more spectrum for mobile network
Re: Opinion: If AT&T Can Silence Newsmax, Who Is Next?
Message-ID: <tt195u$tij1$2@dont-email.me> Date: 20 Feb 2023 21:10:06 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: CWA Members at AT&T Wireless Reach a Tentative Agreement for a New Contract Covering 7,000 Workers Across the Southeast February 10, 2023 NATIONWIDE —Wireless workers at AT&T represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract that covers over 7,000 employees across 9 states in the Southeast region. The new proposed 4-year contract includes substantial raises to base wages with adjustments for inflation, job title upgrades, paid parental leave, improved overtime language, new stipends for work-from-home agents, enhanced job security protections, additional commuter benefits, increased severance payments, and more improvements. During the negotiations, the workers actively mobilized to build power, support their bargaining committee and secure a fair contract that sets new standards for wireless retail workers, call center employees and technicians. https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/cwa-members-att-wireless-reach-tentative-agreement-new-contract-covering-7000-workers -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230222014606.GA1579147@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:46:06 -0500 From: "Bill Horne" <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>> Subject: T Mobile is first U.S. wireless provider in new AWS private wireless program By Monica Alleven Amazon Web Services (AWS) is teaming up with wireless service providers to provide more reliable private wireless networks than (they say) Wi-Fi can provide, and T-Mobile US is one of them. In fact, T-Mobile put out a press release today announcing that it is the first U.S. wireless provider to work with AWS to deliver customizable 5G edge compute offerings in the new program. https://www.fiercewireless.com/private-wireless/t-mobile-first-us-wireless-provider-new-aws-private-wireless-program -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <MWHPR22MB0253E6C64B7E40F332594EBAF5AA9@MWHPR22MB0253.namprd22.prod.outlook.com> Date: 22 Feb 2023 03:07:18 +0000 From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson@mishmash.com> Subject: Re: Opinion: If AT&T Can Silence Newsmax, Who Is Next? ________________________________ Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 7:02:29 PM > > By Alan Dershowitz, Emeritus professor of law, Harvard Law School > > AT&T's recent deplatforming of Newsmax, one of America's most > influential cable news channels, should alarm everyone, including > liberals. We are all at risk when censorship occurs - when one is > silenced based on his or her point of view. > > The facts strongly suggest that partisan and ideological motives > played a sizable role in AT&T and DirecTV's decision to remove > Newsmax on January 24, when some 13 million homes were deprived of > the channel=97including my own. After the recent State of the Union > address, I turned to Newsmax for their coverage, but was surprised > to find it suddenly missing from my channel guide. > > https://www.newsweek.com/if-t-can-silence-newsmax-who-next-opinion-1781867 > > -- > (Please remove QRM for direct replies) To those who lost Newsmax, you can get Newsmax for free using a Roku. They have a channel app you can install and watch it to your heart's content. For OANN, you can watch it on your Roku using a service called 'KlowdTV'. The cost of the service is very minute. I signed up at a time when I got it for two dollars and fifty cents. KlowdTV includes a number of other news and related channels as well. If there is ever a reason to become a 'cord cutter', this could be it. I dropped my cable TV a long time ago. I have been using my Roku to watch programming for years. Regards, Fred
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Message-ID: <20230222221234.GA1586168@telecomdigest.us> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:12:34 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Starry files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy By Monica Alleven Starry might be down, but it’s not out. The company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has every intention of coming out better on the other side. CEO Chet Kanojia explained in a blog post that the company is doing what’s referred to as a “pre-arranged” restructuring, which generally means it’s working with lenders and other stakeholders to emerge healthier on the other side. https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/starry-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230222015216.GA1579187@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:52:16 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Charter chasing more spectrum for mobile network Charter chasing more spectrum for mobile network Cable company Charter Communications appears keen to add to its spectrum holdings – a noteworthy stance considering the company is in the early stages of building a small-scale mobile network that would reduce its dependence on its MVNO partner, Verizon. “With access to 3.1GHz band spectrum, Charter would continue to extend the reach of our wireless network to give our customers faster speeds, more capacity, and broader coverage wherever they go,” the company told the FCC in a recent filing. https://www.lightreading.com/5g-and-beyond/charter-chasing-more-spectrum-for-mobile-network/d/d-id/783349 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies
Message-ID: <20230222172647.F35B59DCBDEF@ary.local> Date: 22 Feb 2023 09:26:46 -0800 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: Opinion: If AT&T Can Silence Newsmax, Who Is Next? It appears that Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> said: > By Alan Dershowitz, Emeritus professor of law, Harvard Law School > > AT&T's recent deplatforming of Newsmax, one of America's most > influential cable news channels, should alarm everyone, including > liberals. We are all at risk when censorship occurs—when one is silenced > based on his or her point of view. > > The facts strongly suggest that partisan and ideological motives played > a sizable role in AT&T and DirecTV's decision to remove Newsmax ... I don't know what has happened to Dershowitz. He used to be a top tier legal professor, but now he's just trolling. The actual issue is that Newsmax demanded that DirecTV pay them, and DirecTV said no. They are quite willing to continue to carry them, just not to pay them. As many people have noted, if you want to watch Newsmax, it's easy to stream it for free. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-01-24/conservative-news-network-newsmax-on-the-verge-of-being-dropped-by-directv R's, John
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