---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180215155633.GA13605@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:56:33 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Basalt CO directs one-two punch at Verizon over poor cell service By Scott Condon The Basalt (Colorado) Town Council and Basalt Chamber of Commerce are directing a one-two punch at Verizon Wireless to try to get better cellular service for their constituents. Both the chamber and town unveiled letters Tuesday that they will send to the cell service provider demanding that the company take steps as soon as possible to improve its service in the Basalt-Willits-El Jebel area. https://www.aspentimes.com/trending/basalt-directs-one-two-punch-at-verizon-over-poor-cell-service/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180215155149.GA13582@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:51:49 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Man sues Verizon when his intimate photos show up on stranger's phone By By Everton Bailey Jr. Jeff Smith and fiance Diana Peters of Canby were surprised to learn that their private photos, including some nude shots, ended up on the new cellphone of an elderly stranger last week. When they found out, Smith went to a Verizon Wireless store in Molalla to ask what happened, but got the runaround, he alleges in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/02/man_sues_verizon_when_intimate.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180215160042.GA13626@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:00:42 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T Intensifies Battle for Time Warner by Targeting Trump's Role By David McLaughlin, Scott Moritz, and Gerry Smith AT&T Inc. is pursuing an unprecedented strategy of injecting politics into the fight to salvage its planned takeover of Time Warner Inc. by threatening to call the head of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division to testify about his decision to sue to block the merger. AT&T believes Trump and the head of the division, who previously worked at the White House and was appointed by Trump, discussed the transaction before the government sued to block the deal in November, according to a person familiar with the matter who wasn't authorized to discuss the information publicly. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/at-t-intensifies-battle-for-time-warner-by-targeting-trump-role -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 16 Feb 2018