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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 07 Sep 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 250 : "text" format

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CenturyLink Seeks Right to Delay Repair of Your Landline Service (No Credits, Either)
Verizon Recalls 2.5 Million Ellipsis Jetpack Mobile Hotspots Imported by Franklin Wireless Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
AT&T & Verizon's Artificial Wireless Fiefdoms: Interoperability is the Enemy

Message-ID: <20210906145627.76A1F7A7@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 14:56:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink Seeks Right to Delay Repair of Your Landline Service (No Credits, Either) CenturyLink wants to repeal a 1993 Idaho rule that requires phone companies to repair service outages within 24 hours or provide one month of service for customers at no charge. The phone company is lobbying the state Public Utilities Commission to be exempted from the rule that its predecessor Qwest/US West lived under for nearly 20 years. (CenturyLink acquired Qwest.) https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7021920465.pdf
Message-ID: <20210906150344.CEDB17A7@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 15:03:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon Recalls 2.5 Million Ellipsis Jetpack Mobile Hotspots Imported by Franklin Wireless Due to Fire and Burn Hazards Recall Details Description: This recall involves Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspots imported by Franklin Wireless Corp. The recalled Jetpacks are dark navy plastic oval devices that are about 3.5 inches wide and 2.25 inches tall. "verizon" is printed below the digital display window on the front of the device. The charger provided with the recalled Jetpacks has a sticker on the wire that states: Compatible: FWC MHS900L, Model: FWCR900TVL, DC151030. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/verizon-recalls-2-5-million-ellipsis-jetpack-mobile-hotspots-imported-by-franklin
Message-ID: <20210906145125.5C11C7A7@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 14:51:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T & Verizon's Artificial Wireless Fiefdoms: Interoperability is the Enemy The arrival of the LTE/4G wireless standard in the United States, and its adoption by the country's two largest super-carriers AT&T and Verizon was supposed to open the door for true equipment interoperability, allowing customers to take devices purchased from one carrier to another. In the past, incompatible network standards (GSM - AT&T and CDMA - Verizon Wireless) made device portability a practical impossibility. The arrival of LTE could have changed everything, with device manufacturers using chipsets that would allow an iPad owner to switch from Verizon to AT&T without having to purchase a brand new tablet. Example: Imagine buying a television set from an NBC station and finding out the only TV station the set will receive is NBC. Limitation comes not from technology but [from] wireless carriers and equipment maker's specifications. https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7021921827.pdf

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