---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191024212732.GA3595@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 21:27:32 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Miscommunication is to blame for the 5 hour 911 outage in NC on Oct 18 Cherokee County Chief Deputy says miscommunication was to blame for a massive fiber cut in Jackson County before a scheduled project for bridge work. This isn't the first time this has happened. https://newschannel9.com/news/local/911-services-down-in-several-north-carolina-counties-friday-morning -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20191024220124.GA4201@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:01:24 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Oct 17: Did your call fail? Massive Verizon outage impacts parts of the country By Marley Parish Update: At 9:30 p,m., (October 17, 2019) Verizon tweeted that engineers were able to identify and fix the issue that had been causing interruptions in 4G LTE service. Those who are still experiencing issues should restart their phones, the tweet said. A massive Verizon outage affecting all parts of the United States, mainly around coastal states, occurred Thursday morning and again late in the afternoon. Downdetector, which displays real time overviews of service outages, shows north eastern parts of the country as being affected the most. According to the outage map, Columbus, Ohio, New York City, Houston, Pittsburgh, Lansing, Michigan, Chicago, Indianapolis, Brooklyn, New York and Grand Rapids, Michigan were the most reported locations as being impacted by the outage. The map also shows outages around the State College and Bellefonte areas. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article236379358.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <79b7fa94-e981-4c09-8d72-b37c60b86c37@googlegroups.com> Date: 23 Oct 2019 14:02:05 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History Call Director announced 1959 To meet the growing needs of businesses, the Bell System introduced a large scale multi-line telephone set, known as the Call Director. Behind it was a more sophisticated key system. An ad for it is shown here: https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1959-01/page/n1 (on the opposite page is an ad by Western Union pushing telegrams). Also https://books.google.com/books?id=jWJkAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=%22call%20director%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false (lower right) https://books.google.com/books?id=JGU_AAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA28&dq=%22call%20director%22&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false (lower right) https://books.google.com/books?id=5N5dAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=%22call%20director%22&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false (upper right) The Bell System also had a lesser known multi-button unit known as the "Key Chief". https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/document-repository/catalogs-manuals/bell-system-we/marketing-docs/12713-bell-system-keychief-brochure-ny-tel/file ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0C805124-0C2F-46E0-BF26-40F99BB72592@roscom.com> Date: 26 Oct 2019 11:51:58 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: iPhone update leaves Apple fans fuming over deleted emails iPhone update leaves Apple fans fuming over deleted emails Apple's devoted fan base came to expect design perfection after a string of breakthrough products over the years. By David Ingram Shannon Watts always replied to emails the same way: by touching the reply icon, tucked in a familiar spot near the bottom right corner of her iPhone. Then, one day a few weeks ago, the icon wasn't there - and neither was the email. It was deleted by accident. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple/iphone-update-leaves-apple-fans-fuming-over-deleted-emails-n1071591 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 27 Oct 2019