---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200330154215.GA2106@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:42:15 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon, Sprint resolve issue preventing customers from calling 911 via cell phone by Kenzie Margiott | Saturday, March 28th 2020 Verizon and Sprint outages are preventing customers from calling 911 via cell phone. UPDATE as of 9:37 p.m.: Both Verizon and Sprint say the issue preventing customers from calling 911 via cell phone has been resolved. https://mynews4.com/news/local/verizon-wireless-outage-prevents-customers-from-calling-911-via-cell-phone -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200330155124.GA2241@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:51:24 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon customers making 800 million calls a day now - twice as many as on Mothers Day Verizon customers making 800 million calls a day now - double the amount on Mother's Day By Taylor Locke As people across the country remain isolated at home due to the spread of COVID-19, Verizon has seen a huge spike in cell-phone usage, higher than peak times like Mother's Day or New Year's Eve. "We've had 800 million calls a day. That's double the amount of calls you would have on Mother's Day, which is the busiest [Sunday] of the year," Verizon CEO Hans Vestburg told David Faber on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Friday. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/verizon-ceo-amid-covid19-cell-calls-hit-highs-only-seen-at-peak-times.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200330154631.GA2194@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:46:31 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon Sued Over Alleged iPhone Promo Scam By Farron Cousins An Arkansas couple claim they fell victim to Verizon's "bait and switch" scheme in a two for one iPhone deal. According to plaintiffs George Wise and Barbara Gilbert-Wise, this deal was "purposefully deceptive, false, unconscionable, fraudulent, and also allowed Verizon to be unjustly enriched." Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this with Scott Hardy, the President of Top Class Actions. https://trofire.com/2020/03/30/verizon-sued-over-alleged-iphone-promo-scam/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 31 Mar 2020