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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 08 Jun 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 159 : "text" format

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Verizon users receiving ".photography" spam texts from different Gmail accounts, try this temporary workaround
Ralph Nader vs. Verizon
AT&T Wants EBB Government Subsidies for Its Broadband Public Utilities in 21 States – Hiding in Plain Sight.

Message-ID: <20210607160854.DB567736@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 16:08:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon users receiving ".photography" spam texts from different Gmail accounts, try this temporary workaround By Zohaib Ahmed Several Verizon users are receiving hundreds of explicit spam texts/emails from different Gmail addresses. The text body doesn't really contain much other than random texts that each end with ".photography", although several users have also reported that they contain links to porn sites. https://piunikaweb.com/2021/06/07/verizon-users-receiving-photography-spam-texts-from-gmail-accounts/
Message-ID: <0d0a9159-2d45-04f7-8651-5793bbcb1b48@panix.com> Date: 7 Jun 2021 12:16:39 -0400 From: "David" <wb8foz@panix.com> Subject: Ralph Nader vs. Verizon By Ralph Nader June 4, 2021 Who hasn't had difficulty just getting through the multi-layered, often automated call center of your telephone company? Never mind getting a solution to your problem in due time. I'd like to share with you our experience with Verizon ...... https://nader.org/2021/06/04/the-agony-of-accessing-verizon-ceo-vestberg-should-play-customer-for-a-day/
Message-ID: <20210608015619.9EE0173C@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 01:56:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T Wants EBB Government Subsidies for Its Broadband Public Utilities in 21 States - Hiding in Plain Sight. By Bruce Kushnick Ever hear of Michigan Bell? How about Southwestern Bell or BellSouth? AT&T has 86 separate entities listed for EBB money - including the broadband utilities that it controls in 21 states. According to this footnote, AT&T is only offering wired home Internet broadband service in their 21 state telecommunications public utilities - the AT&T 'footprint' 1. Home internet service is available only in the AT&T 21-state wireline footprint.. https://kushnickbruce.medium.com/at-t-wants-ebb-government-subsidies-for-its-broadband-public-utilities-in-21-states-hiding-in-e91a89ae4969

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