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The Telecom Digest for Sun, 28 Mar 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 87 : "text" format

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eMail May Be Here To Stay Indefinitely!
Double digits: Iowa's 515 & 319 area codes slated for switch to 10-digit dialing for local calls
Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan

Message-ID: <20210324030149.CC991790@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:01:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: eMail May Be Here To Stay Indefinitely! by Peter Vogel Computerworld.com reported that "We were using email in the 1970s, and we'll still be using it in the 2070s." The March 17, 2021 article entitled "Email is for yesterday, today, and tomorrow" included these comments: People are still telling me that email is obsolete, that it can be replaced by Slack, Teams, or Google Chat. Some folks swear they can do more over instant messaging. Or, even better, some proclaim (with an odd glare in their eyes from their webcam ring light), Zoom, Google Hangouts Meet, or BlueJean Meetings are the future. Email's enemies claim it's a waste of time and energy, that it sucks the life out of their day with countless messages morning, noon, and night. That it's always interrupting them. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/it-and-internet/1049498/email-may-be-here-to-stay-indefinitely?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210327161244.6E17172E@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 16:12:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Double digits: Iowa's 515 & 319 area codes slated for switch to 10-digit dialing for local calls By Tyler Jett Let's suppose you want to dial 515 Brewing in Clive. If you live in the Des Moines metro, you just dial the seven-digit number. But soon, you'll have to dial 515 to reach 515. That's because 10-digit dialing is coming to Iowa. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2021/03/26/local-phone-calls-iowas-515-319-area-codes-soon-require-10-digit-dialing-fcc-verizon-centurylink-att/7016412002/
Message-ID: <515CF10E-7F4F-49FC-ADB4-1753FC7E39C0@roscom.com> Date: 17 Mar 2021 21:17:40 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan By Lindsay Whitehurst And Sophia Eppolito SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Conservative lawmakers in Utah have fired another salvo in their longtime campaign against online porn with a new requirement that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state automatically block pornography in a plan that critics call a significant intrusion on free speech. https://apnews.com/article/utah-campaign-against-porn-phone-filter-plan-d2f3911b7887f2f145918d1718bf2504

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