---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190425032114.GA479@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:21:14 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: You Can't Stop Robocalls. You Shouldn't Have To. Today's solutions for fighting spam and scam calls are ineffec- tive. But the onus should be on the phone companies, not you, to solve this problem. By Brian X. Chen The robocalls come when you are driving and they bother you at night. It doesn't matter if you're in bed or in a meeting. Here's the worst news: There is really no way for you to stop them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/technology/personaltech/stop-robocalls.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190425031144.GA337@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:11:44 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon and T-Mobile agree much of the US won't see the fast version of 5G Rural areas may not get millimeter wave By Sean Hollister 5G is here, but not all 5G is equal - there's the blazing-fast-but-barely-there millimeter wave 5G which has trouble covering wide areas and penetrating buildings, and the "sub-6GHz" frequency flavor of 5G that can be deployed more easily using existing spectrum. And now, Verizon and T-Mobile are publicly admitting something that anyone could have predicted: good luck getting the fastest version of 5G unless you live in an urban metropolitan area. https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/24/18514905/verizon-t-mobile-agree-rural-united-states-dont-get-millimeter-wave-5g -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190425030224.GA32690@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:02:24 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet - pay more for faster speeds Users "are willing to pay a premium" for 500Mbps or 1Gbps, AT&T CEO says. By Jon Brodkin AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson today said that 5G will likely be priced similarly to wireline Internet, with customers paying more for faster speeds. With 5G, "I will be very surprised if... the pricing regime in wireless doesn't look something like the pricing regime you see in fixed line," Stephenson said during an earnings call today https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/att-says-5g-will-be-priced-like-home-internet-pay-more-for-faster-speeds/?comments=1 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 26 Apr 2019