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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 13 May 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 133 : "text" format

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WY: Uinta County officials searching for suspects after damages to CenturyLink fiber optic lines, materials
Fake net neutrality comment campaign a harbinger of automated disinformation to come
Verizon seeks interoperability with proposed Florida SLERS system, FirstNet
Message-ID: <20210512001739.8632673B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 00:17:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: WY: Uinta County officials searching for suspects after damages to CenturyLink fiber optic lines, materials By Gephardt Daily Staff -May 10, 2021 UINTA COUNTY, Wyoming, May 10, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) -- Uinta County officials are searching for suspects after damages to CenturyLink fiber optic lines and materials "estimated to be in excess of tens of thousands of dollars." "During the evening hours of Friday, May 7, CenturyLink experienced an outage that disrupted phone and Internet services to many customers, some until May 9," said a Facebook post from Uinta County Law Enforcement Services. https://gephardtdaily.com/local/uinta-county-officials-searching-for-suspects-after-damages-to-centurylink-fiber-optic-lines-materials/
Message-ID: <31185F6E-3566-4B9A-AE4F-DF71751DF8C6@roscom.com> Date: 7 May 2021 08:10:52 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Fake net neutrality comment campaign a harbinger of automated disinformation to come Fake net neutrality comment campaign a harbinger of automated disinformation to come In an announcement, New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office had completed an investigation that found multiple entities were responsible for a set of campaigns that drove millions of fake comments, messages, petitions, and letters designed to influence the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 2017 rule making process on net neutrality. The disclosure raises questions about how more sophisticated systems may be used to perpetrate such attacks in the future. https://techpolicy.press/fake-net-neutrality-comment-campaign-a-harbinger-of-automated-disinformation-to-come/
Message-ID: <20210512154358.9E4BD744@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 15:43:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon seeks interoperability with proposed Florida SLERS system, FirstNet By Donny Jackson Legislative budget language requires that Florida's Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) be upgraded to P25 and to inter- operate with FirstNet, but law-enforcement agencies should not be limited in their choice of wireless broadband provider, a Verizon official said today to a state board. https://urgentcomm.com/2021/05/11/verizon-seeks-interoperability-with-proposed-florida-slers-system-firstnet/

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