---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200715150230.GA3384@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:02:30 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon to stop certain ad claims of 5G coverage by Bevin Fletcher Verizon has agreed to stop certain 5G ads after the National Advertising Division (NAD) determined some claims could mislead consumers about the carrier's 5G availability and typical speeds. https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/verizon-to-stop-certain-ad-claims-5g-coverage -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200715153122.GA3508@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:31:22 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Nokia 5G software can upgrade 5 million 4G tower radios without climbs As 5G networks continue to spread across the world - faster than some predicted, but slower than others might prefer - physically upgrading existing 4G towers has proved to be a significant bottleneck, leading to massive expenses, permitting controversies, and shortages of cell tower climbers. Today, Nokia released an alternative that will help carriers rapidly convert 4G infrastructure to 5G: a software update that can convert 5 million existing 4G tower radios to 5G without the need for tower climbs or site revisits. https://www.reportdoor.com/nokia-5g-software-can-upgrade-5-million-4g-tower-radios-without-climbs/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ***** Moderator's Note ***** Gee-Wiz Department: would someone please submit a post explaining how this is possible, and what the compromises are to get it to work? Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200715152459.GA3465@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:24:59 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Circuit Court Split on Definition of "Autodialer" Under the TCPA Leaves Companies at Risk Client Alert: Circuit Split on Definition of "Autodialer" Under the TCPA Leaves Companies at Risk (UPDATED) By Katherine Dennis Nye UPDATE: On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari from Facebook Inc., setting the court up to settle the circuit split over what constitutes an autodialer. Facebook brought this appeal from a Ninth Circuit decision that revived a consumer class action against Facebook over unsolicited security texts sent to stored numbers, on the basis that the dialing system had the "capacity" to text randomly generated numbers.[1] This follows a decision of the Second Circuit earlier this spring[2] that adopted the Ninth Circuit's more expansive definition of an autodialer. https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/client-alert-circuit-split-on-89178/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0fc4b088-b15a-8c93-9995-613645f44451@billhorne.com> Date: 15 Jul 2020 13:01:27 -0400 From: Bill Horne <malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com> Subject: Pay no attention to that man behind the charger >From the "Incipient Paranoia" Department: My wife has an LG "flip" phone, a basic voice and text device that serves her needs. We've always charged it from a cube USB power converter plugged into a wall outlet, with a USB cord connecting to the phone. Up until yesterday, that worked fine. Yesterday, she got a notice that she had to use the charger that came with the phone, and also that the unit would no longer charge from the power cube. I don't know where the charger that came with the phone is - no doubt, somewhere in the "wall of warts" that decorates my ham shack tool bench, each with two prongs for an AC outlet, and a cord dangling down to a connector that only fits one particular (battery charger|alarm clock|router|walkie-talkie|clapping monkey). I was able to combine a different USB cord with a different USB cube so that the phone stopped refusing to charge, but we'll see if the complaints start up again. Why, I wonder, has this particular phone started demanding to go home to suck juice from it's mama's tap? Why, I wonder, does this happen after five years of fault-free service while charging from a USB cube? Could it be that Verizon has decided I've been away from their store too long? Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my mailing address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 16 Jul 2020