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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:44:13 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: AT&T reached a settlement with the FTC over fraud
allegations
Tags: Consumer Protection Office of Technology Research and
Investigation (OTech) Technology Mobile
Last Updated November 5, 2019
Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. AT&T Mobility LLC, a limited
liability company, Defendant
FTC Matter/File Number 122 3253
Federal Court Northern District of California
Case Summary
AT&T reached a settlement with the FTC over allegations that the
wireless provider misled millions of its smartphone customers by
charging them for "unlimited" data plans while reducing their data
speeds.
Case Timeline
December 4, 2019
File
Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgement (842.3 KB)
https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/122-3253-att-mobility-llc-mobile-data-service
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Message-ID: <20220322212415.9155379A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:24:15 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net>
Subject: FCC - Affordable Connectivity Program
Emergency Broadband Benefit recipients fully enrolled as of December
31, 2021 will automatically continue to receive their current monthly
benefit until March 1, 2022. You can learn more about the program
transition and steps you may need to take to stay enrolled after March
1st, by visiting fcc.gov/broadbandbenefit.
About the Affordable Connectivity Program
The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that
helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for
work, school, healthcare and more.
The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet
service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households
on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a
one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop
computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute
more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service
discount and one device discount per household.
https://www.fcc.gov/acp
Message-ID: <20220322213553.8DB3E79A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:35:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net>
Subject: FCC Warns Robocall Facilitators to Remove Illegal Traffic
Full Title: FCC Warns Robocall Facilitators To Remove Illegal Robocall
Traffic From Their Networks Or Be Disconnected From
Downstream Networks
Document Type(s): News Release
Bureau(s): Enforcement, Media Relations
FCC warns robocall facilitators to remove illegal robocall traffic
from their networks or be disconnected from downstream networks. thinQ
Technologies, Airespring, Hello Hello Miami Told to Cease and Desist
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2022 - The FCC Enforcement Bureau today warned
three more voice service providers that are apparently transmitting
illegal robocalls on their networks that they have 48 hours to stop
facilitating this traffic or face all their traffic being blocked by
other providers. The investigation into one of the providers, thinQ,
was bolstered by findings from the Office of North Carolina Attorney
General Josh Stein.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has made clear to such network
participants that they must meet their obligations to protect
consumers from scams or lose access to other networks. The FCC has
carefully constructed the tools necessary to take swift and impactful
action against bad actors, and this means not only possible fines when
violations occur, but also business consequences for those removed
from the Robocall Mitigation Database.
"There are far too many phone companies that count illegal robocallers
among their clients, and that's bad business" said Chairwoman
Rosenworcel. "It is illegal to allow these junk calls to flood
consumers' phones, and there are consequences for phone companies that
do not take immediate action to stop participating in these schemes."
Today's letters to thinQ Technologies, Airespring, and Hello Hello
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2022. The FCC Enforcement Bureau today warned
three more voice service providers that are apparently transmitting
illegal robocalls on their networks that they have 48 hours to stop
facilitating this traffic or face all their traffic being blocked by
other providers. The investigation into one of the providers, thinQ,
was bolstered by findings from the Office of North Carolina Attorney
General Josh Stein.
FCC investigations found that thinQ, Airespring, and Hello Hello Miami
were apparently facilitating illegal robocall traffic on their
networks. These investigations relied in part on information
collected by the Traceback Consortium which, having been made aware of
suspicious activity, traced the illegal robocall traffic to these
providers. In addition, in the case of thinQ, the North Carolina
Department of Justice identified that company as a source of illegal
robocall traffic. Chairwoman Rosenworcel added: "I want to thank
Attorney General Stein and his team for their continued focus on
protecting North Carolinians from robocall scams. Ours is a model
partnership for combating robocalls."
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-warns-robocall-facilitators-remove-illegal-traffic
Message-ID: <20220322220909.DF44079A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:09:09 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Too Much Screen Time? Landline Phones Offer a Lifeline.
Like record players and VHS tapes, landline phones are being embraced
by nostalgic fans as an antidote to an increasingly digital way of
life.
By Hilary Reid
First came the rhinestone-encrusted rotary. Then the cherry-red
lips. After that, the cheeseburger.
By last summer, Chanell Karr had amassed a collection of six landline
phones. Her most recent, an orange Trimline originally made as a
promotional item for the 1986 film 'Pretty in Pink,' was purchased
in June. Though she only has one phone - a more subdued VTech model
- hooked up, all are in working order.
"During the pandemic I wanted to disconnect from all of the things
that distract you on a smartphone," said Ms. Karr, 30, who works in
marketing and ticketing at a music venue near her home in Alexandria,
Ky. "I just wanted to get back to the original analog ways of having a
landline."
Once a kitchen staple, bedside companion and plot device on sitcoms
such as "Sex and the City"and "Seinefeld," the landline phone has
all but been replaced by its newer, smarter wireless counterpart.
In 2003, more than 90 percent of respondents to a survey conducted by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they had an
operational landline in their homes. As of June 2021, that number -
which includes Internet-connected phones and those wired the
old-fashioned way (via copper lines running from a home to a local
junction box) - had dropped to just over 30 percent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/style/landline-phone-fans.html
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