---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190728151435.GA17911@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:14:35 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Should you switch to the new T-Mobile now? With the T-Mobile-Sprint deal approved, the combined company will be more than an alternate choice when shopping for a US wireless carrier. By Clifford Colby And another one's gone. With the Justice Department on Friday signing off on T-Mobile's $26.5 billion acquisition of Sprint, the number of nationwide wireless carriers will drop to three, for the moment. But joined together, the newly formed company has the potential to be much more than Sprint and the scrappy underdog T-Mobile were before. In both network coverage and subscriber numbers, it could become a significant rival of Verizon and AT&T. The merged mobile carrier -- which will keep the T-Mobile name -- will have a combined 135.8 million subscribers, not far behind No. 1 Verizon's 158 million and No. 2 AT&T's 155.7 million. Perhaps most important for those 135.8 million customers, the combined carrier with its broader coverage will have a running start at building out perhaps the first usable 5G network that spans the country. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/should-you-switch-to-the-new-t-mobile-now/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190728145652.GA17755@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:56:52 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink backlog on blue-stake requests delaying construction projects By David Wichner Thousands of construction projects across Arizona have faced potential delays in recent months because telecom provider CenturyLink has fallen behind in marking its underground phone lines. The Arizona Corporation Commission recently ordered CenturyLink to clear up a backlog of thousands of line-location requests that piled up after the Louisiana-based company changed locator service contractors in April. https://tucson.com/news/local/centurylink-backlog-on-blue-stake-requests-delaying-construction-projects/article_8210c9fd-72b1-5b6c-abf0-0e0710515b59.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0C36E66D-17C5-4EE6-A26A-C080E173AD48@roscom.com> Date: 28 Jul 2019 01:51:39 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: [Paywall] Coast Guard Details February Cyberattack on Ship Senior commander says a merchant vessel was infected with a virus that destroyed its network By James Rundle NEW YORK - The cyberattack on a merchant vessel that prompted a U.S. Coast Guard warning this month was due to an infection with the Emotet malware, which has been particularly effective in attacking government and corporate networks. https://www.wsj.com/articles/coast-guard-details-february-cyberattack-on-ship-11564133401 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6D1720D6-6303-4C6C-B5BB-2F2BE935B4F2@roscom.com> Date: 27 Jul 2019 11:07:11 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: If You Own a Cell Phone, You Should Worry About the T- Mobile-Sprint Deal In allowing the merger, the Justice Department is prioritizing corporate profits over the public interest. The Justice Department apparently thinks that Americans will benefit from competition among at least four major mobile phone companies. That is the clear logic of its decision on Friday to bless the marriage of T-Mobile and Sprint, two of the four existing mobile phone giants, on the condition that they clear the way for the rise of a new competitor. It's a little hard to understand, however, why the government wants to pursue that goal by allowing Sprint to be swallowed and then hoping a new company emerges in its place. Surely it would be more sensible to preserve Sprint as an independent company. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/opinion/t-mobile-sprint-merger-antitrust.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 29 Jul 2019