---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180703163438.GA24392@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:34:38 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Comcast Restoring Service After Friday Outage by Ray Schultz Comcast is getting back up and running after a nationwide outage on Friday that also affected email, although complaints were still coming in on Monday morning. One commenter reported a Comcast outage that lasted several hours, saying that it "completely disrupted my work. not good," and was posted on Down Detector on Monday. https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/321629/comcast-restoring-service-after-friday-outage.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180703165227.GA24497@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:52:27 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T is hiking the price of DirecTV Now after promising lower consumer prices in Time Warner trial AT&T Inc. told a federal judge this year that its landmark merger with Time Warner Inc. probably would result in lower prices for its DirecTV customers. But the telecom giant is now saying that it will raise the price of DirecTV's online streaming service, DirecTV Now, by $5 a month for new and existing customers. The decision affects all service tiers of the product, according to Cord Cutters News, which first reported the change. That brings the base tier to $40 per month and the topmost tier to $75. In a statement, AT&T said its decision was driven by industry trends. http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-att-directv-now-price-20180703-story.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180703164249.GA24430@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:42:50 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Global Colocation Market 2018 Analysis by 2023 Global Colocation Market 2018 Analysis by 2023: Cyrusone, 21Vianet, Switch and Windstream By Chris Hayden This report examines the global Colocation economy size, industry status and prediction, contest landscape and increased prospect. The comprehensive Colocation market research report by organizations, region, type and end-use application. A focused study supplies significant aspects like crucial players along with development questionnaire, consolidating Colocation market earnings, advantage, and gross profit rate. The report provides Colocation market quote and revenue prediction for its up-coming years. https://financialreporting24.com/global-colocation-market-2018-analysis-by-2023-cyrusone-21vianet-switch-and-windstream/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180703164824.GA24476@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:48:24 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: No promises, Dickison offers path to broadband in Wisconsin By tlindfors Some 20 residents and town officials gathered at the Star Prairie Town Hall Tuesday, June 26, 2018, for an opportunity to question Wisconsin Broadband Director Angie Dickison about improving local service. Dickison's visit was arranged by state Rep. Rob Stafsholt and marks Madison's most recent effort to hold face-to-face meetings with western Wisconsin on the topic of broadband access. http://www.newrichmond-news.com/news/government-and-politics/4467549-no-promises-dickison-offers-path-broadband -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180703162948.GA24363@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:29:48 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC Poised to Gut '96 Telecom Act Analysis by Carol Wilson The FCC may be poised to basically gut many of the provisions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the landmark legislation that unleashed competition in the telecom space more than two decades ago, now that large incumbents are pushing a compromise plan that delays the action. Incumbent telcos, led by their trade association United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) , asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in May to dispense with rules that require them to resell their last-mile connections to customers to competitive carriers as unbundled network elements (UNEs) at prescribed wholesale rates, claiming competition is well established already. It was the access to these UNEs and the guarantee of cost-effective connectivity that spurred the telecom boom in the late '90s, with an explosion of fiber network construction. https://www.lightreading.com/regulation/fcc-poised-to-gut-96-telecom-act/d/d-id/744398 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 04 Jul 2018