---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20191205184236.GA8830@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 18:42:36 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC Finds T-Mobile, Verizon, US Cellular Overstated Rural Coverage The coverage maps are crucial because they help the FCC determine where the commission allocates government subsidies to fund broadband projects. Now the FCC has to figure out how to ensure the coverage maps will be accurate as it prepares a $9 billion 5G fund. By Michael Kan An FCC investigation has found that T-Mobile, Verizon and US Cellular did overstate their 4G LTE coverage in rural areas across the country. https://www.pcmag.com/news/372363/fcc-finds-t-mobile-verizon-us-cellular-overstated-rural-co -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <e80fb555-21d7-4c98-b564-ba926bac45bf@googlegroups.com> Date: 5 Dec 2019 12:52:21 -0800 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History Xerox telecopier fax 1972 While Western Union offered facsimile transmissions for several decades, they required dedicated lines and special paper ("teledeltos"). Xerox introduced a plain paper fax using xerography principles. It is advertised here. https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1972-05/page/n28 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <aa979a8a-6ba8-4ba6-b40b-66262fa8a3c9@googlegroups.com> Date: 4 Dec 2019 12:44:19 -0800 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Happy Holidays! Best wishes to all for a happy holiday season and a happy and healthy new year! Past greetings from Western Union: 1951 Send greetings by Western Union, printed on a colorful blank. Santagram for the children: https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1951-12/page/n49 1952 https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1952-12/page/n50 1953 https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1953-12/page/n70 (You may scroll through the rest of the magazines. Good look at the technology of the day, such as Fairbanks Morse diesel engines, copying machines, autos, adding and accounting machines, coal heat, file cabinet systems, cast iron piping, etc. Bell System ads, too.) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <E6D1F95B-5B3E-480C-AB1F-17F0E1416261@roscom.com> Date: 5 Dec 2019 16:21:46 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: FCC tries to bury finding that Verizon and T-Mobile exaggerated 4G coverage FCC buries investigation's finding in 5G press release, won't punish carriers. By Jon Brodkin Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular exaggerated their 4G coverage in official filings to the Federal Communications Commission, an FCC investigation found. But FCC officials confirmed that Chairman Ajit Pai does not plan to punish the three carriers in any way. Instead, the FCC intends to issue an enforcement advisory to the broader industry, reminding carriers "of the penalties associated with filings that violate federal law." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/fcc-tries-to-bury-finding-that-verizon-and-t-mobile-exaggerated-4g-coverage/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 07 Dec 2019