---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190925141035.GA3001@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:10:35 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Tulsa, OK: When 911 went down in July, there wasn't anything city officials could do by Maureen Wurtz TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) - The art deco buildings in downtown Tulsa are an eye-catching piece of Tulsa's history. Other buildings may not warrant a second glance, like a seemingly insignificant building off of 5th and Detroit, but what happened on July 9, 2019, crippled 911 services for many folks on the eastern side of Oklahoma. https://ktul.com/news/investigations/when-911-went-down-in-july-there-wasnt-anything-city-officials-could-do -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190925133622.GA2465@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:36:22 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: The FCC's Reassigned Number Database On December 12, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") adopted a new rule to establish a reassigned number database. The database is intended to both enable callers to verify the status of phone numbers and help prevent consumers with reassigned numbers from receiving unsolicited telephone calls. This Practice Guide offers a non-exhaustive, concise source of information to assist telemarketers on the details of the new rule. Telemarketers seeking guidance relating to their specific needs should speak to an attorney with experience in this field. http://www.mondaq.com/ac/content.asp?content_id=3990&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1909251528420.19797@panix1.panix.com> Date: 25 Sep 2019 15:30:11 -0400 From: "danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> Subject: Feds announce results of "microjammers" in prisons [DOJ press release] National Telecommunications and Information Administration Releases Report on Effectiveness of Micro-Jamming Contraband Cellphones in Prisons The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a report on the effectiveness of a new technology used to block illegal cellphone signals in correctional institutions. Department officials are encouraged by the promising results and the potential for the technology to disable contraband cellphones in prisons. The NTIA report details the results of an April 2019 Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pilot test of micro-jamming technology at a state prison in Columbia, S.C. The results are promising, showing that the new technology could be effective in preventing the use of contraband cellphones in prisons. As detailed in the report, NTIA observed micro-jamming technology installed and operated within half of an inmate housing unit. The testing was overseen by BOP staff who observed that cell signals inside the housing unit were blocked, while legitimate calls could be made one foot outside of the housing unit perimeter. This test followed two earlier tests at a federal corrections facility in Cumberland, Md., one of which included a micro-jamming test showing that the technology rendered cellular signals inoperable inside a single cell. ====== https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-telecommunications-and-information-administration-releases-report-effectiveness _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] ***** Moderator's Note ***** I used to fix telephones inside prisons. These jammers have been in use for years, in many more places than what the Bureau of Prisons claims. If it were up to me, I'd authorize theaters and classrooms to have them too. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190927035532.GA14264@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 03:55:32 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: The unclassified version of the whitleblower's report is out CBS News has an unclassified version of the anonymous whistleblower's report about alleged improper activities by the President of the United States. The report is at http://cbsnews.com/whistleblower -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 27 Sep 2019