---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190509182857.GA22931@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 18:28:57 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Frontier Communications Creditors Jockey in Refinancing Push GoldenTree investor group warns of potential lawsuit over financial maneuvers By Andrew Scurria Frontier Communications Corp. is getting pushback from creditors on a potential strategy for tackling nearly $18 billion in debt and coping with cord-cutting consumers. Tensions are escalating between investors holding unsecured Frontier bonds that have lost value as the telecommunications company struggles to wring revenue from a contrarian bet on landlines. Customer defections to cable companies have hammered Frontier's bottom line since 2016, leaving it scrambling to delay debt obligations that financed its expansion. https://www.wsj.com/articles/frontier-communications-creditors-jockey-in-refinancing-push-1522966932 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <barmar-E60EF6.11554209052019@reader443.eternal-september.org> Date: 9 May 2019 11:55:42 -0400 From: "Barry Margolin" <barmar@alum.mit.edu> Subject: Re: Arizona joins majority of nation in enacting texting while driving ban In article <qaqie5$pd1$1@news.xmission.com>, "Kenny McCormack" <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote: > The solution to that is to make it illegal for anyone in the car to be > doing it. I.e., treat it as something that no one should be doing in a > car - a sentiment with which I agree. Why? Yes, it may be a solution to the problem of not knowing who was doing the texting, but it seems like a pretty heavy-handed measure. > > Just like drinking. Open container laws. Nobody is allowed to drink in a > car. It's probably more likely that liquor will be shared by all the occupants than a cellphone would be. I can't really imagine any dire consequences of allowing the kids to play games and text in the back seat on a long drive. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190509185313.GA23224@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 18:53:13 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Minnesota: Frontier Communications may have violated at least 35 laws (This story is from January, but I think it's still relevant) Dozens of law and rule violations alleged, which phone company denies. By Mike Hughlett A scathing state report says Frontier Communications may have violated at least 35 Minnesota laws and regulations, failing its customers with shoddy service, lax record-keeping and inadequate investment in its own network. Frontier said in a statement that the company strongly disputes the report, which was issued Friday. http://www.startribune.com/state-frontier-communications-may-have-violated-at-least-35-laws/503907932/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 12 May 2019