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The Telecom Digest for Wed, 30 Jun 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 181 : "text" format

table of contents
CWA Member Speaks Out During Roundtable Discussion with Vice President Harris
IBM gets serious with Verizon and Telefónica
The Coronavirus Pandemic and Network Neutrality Implications

Message-ID: <20210629002758.B45F273C@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:27:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CWA Member Speaks Out During Roundtable Discussion with Vice President Harris On Monday, Mapbox worker Jenn Chow joined Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh for a roundtable discussion as part of the Biden administration's Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. Last week, a supermajority of workers at Mapbox announced that they had formed the Mapbox Workers Union with CWA Local 9410. Chow highlighted the challenges workers in the U.S. face when they join together to form a union and advocate for change at their workplaces. https://cwa-union.org/news/cwa-member-speaks-out-during-roundtable-discussion-vice-president-harris
Message-ID: <20210629180143.CFE43799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:01:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: IBM gets serious with Verizon and Telefónica By Pádraig Belton There is a courting game afoot between telcos looking for more exciting software tools and Big Tech firms looking for their slice of the 5G pie. And the matchmaking just got more intense with IBM forming partnerships with both Verizon in the US and Telef=C3=83=C2=B3nica in Europe. Playing both sides, as it were. But it also goes both ways. https://www.lightreading.com/5g/mwc-ibm-gets-serious-with-verizon-and-telefonica/d/d-id/770528
Message-ID: <20210629175730.72422799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:57:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Network Neutrality Implications By Amy Robinson, Jim Waldo The coronavirus pandemic has served as the biggest stress test for the internet to date. The performance of regional networks degraded significantly, especially regarding upload speeds, during a time when an online connection was a true lifeline. But would the 2015 network neutrality regulations have made a difference in consumer experience during the pandemic? Would net neutrality have provided faster neighborhood internet speeds or more consistent pricing? This post examines instances of pricing changes, throttling and traffic prioritization during the coronavirus crisis to answer these questions and zooms out to the larger internet ecosystem beyond just internet service providers (ISP). https://www.lawfareblog.com/coronavirus-pandemic-and-network-neutrality-implications

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