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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 23 Oct 2018
Volume 37 : Issue 250 : "text" format

Table of contents
All Area Codes dot ComFred Atkinson
Re: Robocall relief: New $100 million system may helpBob Goudreau
Telcos flailing against tide to turn into dumb pipesMonty Solomon
Entire broadband industry sues Vermont to stop state net neutrality lawBill Horne
another source, was: All Area Codes dot Comdanny burstein
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <852da948f96d7d937df85001a2390a28.squirrel@webmail.mishmash.com> Date: 21 Oct 2018 09:08:17 -0600 From: Fred Atkinson <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com> Subject: All Area Codes dot Com Folks, I just found this site a few minutes ago: https://www.allareacodes.com I've barely clicked around in it. But it could be useful for anyone who needs to see area code layouts. I realize that area codes exceed boundaries any more. Regardless of what the area code(s) is/are on a person's phone, they could be anywhere in the world where there is wireline or wireless service available. Nevertheless, some of you may find this Web site to be useful. Apologies if this URL has already been posted on Telecom Digest. I don't remember seeing it, though. Fred ------------------------------ Message-ID: <00a301d469ba$54bddeb0$fe399c10$@nc.rr.com> Date: 21 Oct 2018 23:50:07 -0400 From: Bob Goudreau <BobGoudreau@nc.rr.com> Subject: Re: Robocall relief: New $100 million system may help In article <pqfitk$sm8$1@dont-email.me>, Arnie Goetchius wrote: > I think Verizon FIOS has already started this. For example, occasionly > I get a one ring and the Callerid will show SPAM? WESTFIELD or > something starting with SPAM?. I still use nomorobo.com to get most of > them. The behavior you describe is exactly how Nomorobo behaves, so I would guess that Verizon has enabled that service on your line, just as Charter Spectrum has allowed me to enable it on my landline. Caller ID info gets transmitted between the first and second ring, so if the CID is flagged by Nomorobo as a spammer, the call terminates before a second ring is heard. Bob Goudreau Cary, NC ------------------------------ Message-ID: <96CD7902-9CB7-4F65-85C0-C91BD008257B@roscom.com> Date: 22 Oct 2018 10:10:55 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Telcos flailing against tide to turn into dumb pipes Telcos flailing against tide to turn into dumb pipes Streaming, 5G, and thoughts and prayers are being deployed by telcos to be anything other than bit handlers. https://www.zdnet.com/article/telcos-flailing-against-tide-to-turn-into-dumb-pipes/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181022181911.GA20134@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:19:11 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Entire broadband industry sues Vermont to stop state net neutrality law The nation's largest broadband industry lobby groups have sued Vermont to stop a state law that requires ISPs to follow net neutrality principles in order to qualify for government contracts. The was filed yesterday in US District Court in Vermont by mobile industry lobby CTIA, cable industry lobby NCTA, telco lobby USTelecom, the New England Cable & Telecommunications Association, and the American Cable Association (ACA), which represents small and mid-size cable companies. https://prestonbusinessreview.com/entire-broadband-industry-sues-vermont-to-stop-state-net-neutrality-law/20800/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <pqlhqp$mp1$1@reader1.panix.com> Date: 22 Oct 2018 22:09:29 +0000 From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> Subject: another source, was: All Area Codes dot Com In <852da948f96d7d937df85001a2390a28.squirrel@webmail.mishmash.com> "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com> writes: >Folks, > I just found this site a few minutes ago: >https://www.allareacodes.com . > I've barely clicked around in it. But it could be useful for anyone >who needs to see area code layouts. > I realize that area codes exceed boundaries any more. Regardless of >what the area code(s) is/are on a person's phone, they could be >anywhere in the world where there is wireline or wireless service >available. > Nevertheless, some of you may find this Web site to be useful. > Apologies if this URL has already been posted on Telecom Digest. I >don't remember seeing it, though. One of the frequent (well, formerly frequent) contributers to Telecom Digest, Linc Madison, has a pretty good data set over at: http://lincmad.com/ The latest update in it is from just a week ago, so let's let him know we haven't forgotten him! -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 23 Oct 2018

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