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The Telecom Digest for Mon, 22 Apr 2019
Volume 38 : Issue 112 : "text" format

Table of contents
Ohio city Verizon customers without 911 access for hours Bill Horne
RANT: Still Not Happy With CenturyLink aka SorryLink! (NSFW) Bill Horne
Centurylink: complaints and kudosBill Horne
Cancel CenturyLink now?Bill Horne
AT&T wireless CEO on fake 5G complaints: 'That Makes Me Smile' Bill Horne
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190421165633.GA10669@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:56:33 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Ohio city Verizon customers without 911 access for hours The 9-1-1 coordinator said the system is has a back-up plan when such an outage occurs By Zoe Greszler April 17 - NORWALK, Ohio - Verizon Wireless customers weren't able to access 9-1-1 for several hours Monday night and Tuesday morning. The Huron County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) issued a notice via Everbridge shortly before 6 p.m., letting local residents know the cellular company was "experiencing an issue with 9-1-1 calls." https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/communications/articles/393901018-Ohio-city-Verizon-customers-without-911-access-for-hours/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190421161313.GA10365@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:13:13 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: RANT: Still Not Happy With CenturyLink aka SorryLink! (NSFW) BTHOM dept: this man is angry! Definitely NSFW! - Bill RANT: Still Not Happy With CenturyLink aka SorryLink! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTwpceuAGQ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190421164542.GA10619@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:45:43 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Centurylink: complaints and kudos Today, I keep finding places where end-users voice their opinions. You'll have to make up your own mind on the validity of the praise or complaints. - Bill https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell_phones/centurylink.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190421161053.GA10337@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 16:10:53 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Cancel CenturyLink now? I just came across this site, and I'm passing it along FWIW. There's no explanation as to why someone would need a page like this, and I'm curious if someone has more info. - Bill https://www.cancel8.com/org/centurylink -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190420210955.GA10242@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 21:09:55 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T wireless CEO on fake 5G complaints: 'That Makes Me Smile' By Jacob Kastrenakes The leader of AT&T's wireless division indicated that the carrier won't back down from its misleading 5G advertising, saying he's happy to be causing consternation for his competitors. "If I now occupy beachfront real estate in our competitors' heads, that makes me smile," AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan said during an appearance on stage at CES today. Donovan was responding to criticism from Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint over AT&T's decision to update some of its phones to display an icon that reads "5G E" instead of "LTE" when connected to faster pockets of its 4G LTE network. The icon refers to "5G Evolution," which is how AT&T is branding those portions of its 4G network - despite there being no actual 5G technology involved. The icon isn't appearing on 5G phones, either. AT&T just took existing LTE phones and essentially slapped a fake 5G label on them. https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18175566/att-communications-ceo-fake-5g-e-complaints-response-ces-2019 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 22 Apr 2019

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