---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190810014350.GA29938@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 01:43:50 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Net Neutrality Still Unresolved After 11 Year of Blogging About It by Peter Vogel On August 1, 2008 I posted my first blog about Net Neutrality entitled "Proposed Net Neutrality Bill in the US Congress," and as of today Net Neutrality is still a hotly contested federal and state issue. ZDNet.com reported that "When the phrase was coined, it was in the context of a debate in the US Congress over the idea of a possible nationwide license for broadband service providers." ZDNet.com's July 18, 2019 article entitled "Does net neutrality still matter in our post-web world?" includes a different vision that the "public Internet" has been replaced by "the digital marketplace" now that we all rely on cell phones and tablets, and poses this question: ...why are we trying to resuscitate a framework from another era? http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=833512&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190810003846.GA29222@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 00:38:46 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Midwest CWA members ratify four-year agreement This week, CWA members in the Midwest and at AT&T's national Legacy T unit voted to ratify four-year agreements covering 14,000 workers. The new agreements provide wage increases of 10.5% over the life of the contracts, cap health care costs, and preserve jobs. "This was a long, hard fight," said CWA District 4 Vice President Linda L. Hinton. "Thanks to the persistence of our bargaining team, the resilience of our members, and engagement from legislators and allies we won a contract that helps protect jobs and strengthen our communities." https://cwa-union.org/news/e-newsletter/2019-08-08 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <42284b45-dad0-4f63-9f51-d935c5db94fe@googlegroups.com> Date: 10 Aug 2019 11:13:48 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Canada: 5G Technology Driving M&A Activity In The Telecommunications Sector On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 11:24:45 AM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > The much anticipated rollout of fifth-generation wireless ("5G") > technology and changing consumer habits are expected to drive M&A > transactions in the telecommunications sector over the next > year. According to EY's May 2019 Global Capital Confidence Barometer > (the "EY Report") 55% of telecommunications executives expect to > actively pursue acquisitions in the next year, a significant increase > from the long-term average of 45% for the telecommunications sector. > > http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=832052&email_access=on Historical notes: In 1947, Canada introduced mobile telephone service. The following newspaper articles describes an early use. In all of these, you may scroll through the rest of the publication. https://books.google.com/books?id=NGk_AAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA13&dq=%22financial%20post%22%20%22mobile%20phone%22%20toronto&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false (center top). Here's a feature illustrated article from Ottawa in 1947: Note they have an operator whose job it is to constantly adjust the sound volume. https://books.google.com/books?id=3KsuAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA15&dq=canada%20%22mobile%20telephone%22&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false In 1954 Bell Canada advertised the service (lower right). https://books.google.com/books?id=92Y_AAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA27&dq=%22financial%20post%22%20%22mobile%20telephone%22&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <718A9647-DD72-4824-B674-E3C47F8D7169@roscom.com> Date: 10 Aug 2019 16:08:39 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Morton Bahr Dies at 93; Led Communications Workers Into Digital Age As head of the C.W.A. for 20 years, he helped workers survive technological changes and corporate revamping that threatened thousands of jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/business/media/morton-bahr-dead.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 12 Aug 2019