From editor@telecom-digest.org Fri Jul 16 16:14:34 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p3/8.11.3) id i6GKEXx19374; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:14:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:14:34 -0400 (EDT) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200407162014.i6GKEXx19374@massis.lcs.mit.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: massis.lcs.mit.edu: ptownson set sender to editor@telecom-digest.org using -f To: ptownson Approved: patsnewlist Subject: TELECOM Digest V23 #335 TELECOM Digest Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:13:00 EDT Volume 23 : Issue 335 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson AT&T Wireless to Launch 3G Service Next Week - Source (Monty Solomon) Microsoft Wins $4 Million Judgment Against Spammer (Monty Solomon) Microsoft's Xbox Live Service Reaches 1 Million Users (Monty Solomon) In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use Test Flight (Monty Solomon) Living the Broadband Life (Monty Solomon) GIS Project on Telecom Infrastructure (Ann Z. Li) Payphone Ringer Troubleshooting (Tad) Re: Norvergence Bulletin Board (Isaiah Beard) Re: Norvergence Bulletin Board (Paul Vader) Re: Norvergence Bulletin Board (T. Sean Weintz) Norvergence Customers: Anyone Shut Off Yet? (Isaiah Beard) Norvergence Scam (Jenipher & Jim Free) Norvergence PBX (Jim Jacobs) Re: Norvergence Question (Lisa Hancock) Norvergence: Number Disconnected (Isaiah Beard) Alcatel Knowledge Base [OmniPCX / Enterprise] (Simon Templar) Re: Vonage(R) Activates 200,000th Line (DevilsPGD) Re: How to Untangle a Curly Telephone Receiver Cord (David Quinton) The History of Telepassport (Dan Mayer) Internet Connection (CodeMonkey74) All contents here are copyrighted by Patrick Townson and the individual writers/correspondents. Articles may be used in other journals or newsgroups, provided the writer's name and the Digest are included in the fair use quote. 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Geoffrey Welsh =========================== See the bottom of this issue for subscription and archive details and the name of our lawyer; other stuff of interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:11:20 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: AT&T Wireless to Launch 3G Service Next Week - Source CHICAGO, July 15 (Reuters) - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (NYSE:AWE), the third-largest U.S. mobile operator, on Thursday said it was on track to launch a high-speed Internet service for mobile phones this year, and sources close to the matter said the roll-out would begin in four markets early next week. AT&T Wireless will launch its third-generation or "3G" mobile phone service capable of transmitting e-mail, pictures, and video at high speed in four cities -- San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix and Detroit, the sources told Reuters. The company will offer the data service at a fixed all-you-can-use rate of about $25 a month to consumers and $80 a month to corporate customers, one of the sources said. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42530751 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:09:24 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Microsoft Wins $4 Million Judgment Against Spammer SEATTLE, July 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California awarded Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) $4 million after finding that a California man and his company had sent spam, or unsolicited e-mail, to users of its MSN and Hotmail services to get them to download a toolbar onto their computer desktops. Judge Manuel Real of the U.S. Central District Court of California found that Daniel Khoshnood and Pointcom Inc. had violated several laws against using deceptive e-mail and Web addresses, ordering the defendants to pay damages, attorneys fees and cease any activity that purports to be official communication from Microsoft. Calls to an address listed for Khoshnood in Canoga Park and Woodland Hills, California, were not answered. The judgment was handed down last week and disclosed by Microsoft on Thursday. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42532497 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:13:32 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Microsoft's Xbox Live Service Reaches 1 Million Users SEATTLE, July 15 (Reuters) - Xbox Live, the online service that allows players of Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox video game machine to compete against each other over the Internet, reached 1 million users, the world's largest software maker said on Thursday. Microsoft said in a statement that it reached the 1 million mark for Xbox Live users three times faster than other subscription services, such as Time Warner Inc.'s AOL and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO). Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, which launched its Xbox video game console in 2001 to compete against Sony Corp.'s (TOKYO:6758) PlayStation game machines, has long touted the Internet capability of its $149 Xbox as an advantage over its larger rival. Sony's $149 PlayStation 2 now comes with an ethernet adapter for connecting to the Internet, although previously the connector was an add-one. Microsoft launched its Xbox Live service in 2002. Microsoft said more than 100 game titles can be played over Xbox Live, and it expects to see about 150 titles by the end of this year. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42521292 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:16:10 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use Test Flight American Airlines and QUALCOMM Complete Test Flight to Evaluate In-Cabin Mobile Phone Use - Proof-of-Concept Event Highlights Safe and Reliable Mobile Phone Technology Using CDMA on a Commercial Aircraft - FORT WORTH, Texas and SAN DIEGO, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, today successfully demonstrated in-cabin voice communications using commercially available CDMA mobile phones on a commercial American Airlines aircraft. Through the use of an in-cabin third-generation (3G) "picocell" network, passengers on the test flight were able to place and receive calls as if they were on the ground. The proof-of-concept demonstration flight originated out of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. During the approximate two-hour flight, passengers were able to place and receive phone calls and text messages on their mobile phones. Passengers included members of the media and government representatives. A small in-cabin CDMA cellular base station on the plane, that uses standard cellular communications, was connected to the worldwide terrestrial phone network by an air-to-ground Globalstar satellite link. The information gathered during this proof-of-concept demonstration flight will be used to further research into the quality, convenience and safety of communications with personal CDMA mobile phones carried by passengers on a commercial aircraft. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42525106 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 01:43:45 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Living the Broadband Life By KATIE HAFNER San Diego DEBRA GIBB has had a high-speed Internet connection in her home longer than anyone she knows. In late 1996, when Time Warner Cable began trials here for its cable modem service, Ms. Gibb leapt at the chance to become one of the first residential broadband users in the nation. She was beta tester No. 6 in San Diego, she said. Since then, Ms. Gibb, 47, her husband, Tom, 46, and their teenage twin sons have been in the vanguard of the broadband way of life that now defines this city of 1.2 million people. Like many San Diegans, the Gibb family use the Net for the same things people elsewhere do -- e-mail, shopping, games, trip planning. But they do more of it. Broadband, with its "always on" connection, is so ingrained here that residents can't imagine life without it. For them, the Internet is like hot and cold running water -- available 24 hours a day with a flick of the wrist. San Diego was one of the first cities in the nation to get residential high-speed Internet connections, and some 55 percent of households with Internet access have high-speed cable modem or D.S.L. service -- a higher percentage than in any other metropolitan area in the country, according to a survey by comScore Networks, a market research firm. Next in line, according to comScore, are Boston, where 53 percent of wired households have high-speed connections, and New York, with 51 percent. San Diego and other cities with such heavy broadband use serve as signposts for what other cities might come to expect in a future when such service is an omnipresent and vital part of daily life. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/15/technology/circuits/15broa.html ------------------------------ Reply-To: Ann Z. Li From: Ann Z. Li Subject: GIS Project on Telecom Infrastructure Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:18:11 -0400 I am in the midst of a GIS project on telecom infrastructure in NJ and would appreciate any advice/help on getting antenna & tower siting data for my mapping, network and spatial analysis. Thanks in advance, Ann Li Intelligence Engineering LLC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Payphone ringer troubleshooting From: Tad Hello all, and greetings to Pat. Please remove my email address from this post for spam supression purposes. I have an Automatic Electric manufactured coin station of a fairly modern vintage(it has the "loud" button next to the keypad if that helps date it). It is branded GTE. Some time ago, the ringer completely ceased to function. All other functions of the phone seem intact. Does anybody have any troubleshooting tips for identifying and perhaps repairing the problem with the ringer? Schematics perhaps? I'm faily well versed with the use of a VOM/DMM for troubleshooting. Thanks for any tips. Tad ------------------------------ From: Isaiah Beard Subject: Re: Norvergence Bulletin Board Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:29:55 -0400 Organization: Posted via Forte APN, http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php Sarai Rueda wrote: > Share your experience with others at > http://www.norvergence-cit-fraud.com > All those victimized by Norvergence including long distance customers, > past employees and others. Tried the link; it's coming up 404. e-mail address fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my address in order to reply. ------------------------------ From: pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader) Subject: Re: Norvergence Bulletin Board Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:42:23 -0000 Organization: Inline Software Creations Sarai Rueda writes: > Share your experience with others at > http://www.norvergence-cit-fraud.com Doesn't work, and if I was an ex-Norvergence customer, I wouldn't use it if it did work. * P.S. Is it "be kind to vultures" day again? * PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something like corkscrews. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Since Sarai did not **appear** to be selling any telecom 'services' and **seemed** to be offering a useful way for Norvergece customers to consider banding together as needed I let it past. You know, or should know I do not have the time or resources to personally investigate every peddler or vulture passing through here each day. Several hundred daily are so *obvious* I kill those but no way I can personally go check every link that comes in. And to add insult to injury Paul, in the next issue today after this one I am gonna be making my own monthly pitch, I hope I can count on you to participate in Share Day this month. PAT] ------------------------------ From: T. Sean Weintz Subject: Re: Norvergence Bulletin Board Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:29:29 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sarai Rueda wrote: > Share your experience with others at > http://www.norvergence-cit-fraud.com Um, that page comes up 404. ------------------------------ From: Isaiah Beard Subject: Norvergence Customers: Anyone Shut Off Yet? Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:22:43 -0400 Organization: Posted via Forte APN, http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php Yesterday at 5:00 p.m. was the supposed deadline for cutting of dialtone to Norvergence customers. Are there any Norvergence customers on here? What are the status of your services? Interestingly, news searches on Google have just about ceased yielding useful news info, as companies are now flooding the PR wire with their own advertisements about how they want to "help" Norvergence customers. Sadly, I've heard of none of these companies, so who knows how long THEY'RE going to be around: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&ie=ascii&q=norvergence&btnG=Search+News And not surprisingly, Norvergence's flashy annoying website is still active and hawking their "Tomorrow Calling" service, as if nothing ever happened. The customer service number is useless however: no one to answer the phone, no messages accepted in the voicemail recording going out. e-mail address fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my address in order to reply. ------------------------------ From: Jenipher & Jim Free Subject: Norvergence Scam Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:02:45 -0400 Why not just not pay the leasing company, then when they sue, ask (in court) why they funded a lease when the equipment was not fully installed? I am in the phone business and when I sell a phone system to a client that is using a 3rd party lease (such as ours) the leasing company does not pay me until the customer assures them that the equipment is installed and working!! ------------------------------ From: Jim Jacobs Subject: Norvergence PBX Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:16:56 -0400 We got the phone system installed by Norvergence but we never got the final hookup to the T1 as we were waiting for the T1 to be installed. I Paid $1500 up front and I figure that at least I have the PBX phone system that I can use. My lease was in house with Norvergence and I'm guessing that if they're not in business they can't collect on the lease. I do need to find an installers manual for the PBX, so if anyone can help give me an email at myloanexpert@yahoo.com. Thanks, JIM ------------------------------ From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com (Jeff nor Lisa) Subject: Re: Norvergence Question Date: 16 Jul 2004 10:27:42 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com William Van Hefner wrote: > Accounts are also deemed in default if not paid within 10 days > OF INVOICE. Normally in the business world there is a 30 day window to pay invoices. > My question is, who would be foolish enough to sign such a contract??? Yes, I'd like to know that as well. I can't understand how anyone in business would enter into a contract without reviewing such basics as terms of payment, exit clause, penalty clause, performance, etc., especially for something as mission critical as telephone service; but for any other service or product as well. Jeez, the future isn't predictable. What happens if your company or a location downsizes and you don't need the contracted capacity? What happens if you don't like the service? And dealing with a start-up company is always risky for lots of reasons. By the way, does this Qwest actually own physical cable and switchgear, or is just a reseller as well? ------------------------------ From: Isaiah Beard Subject: Norvergence: Number Disconnected Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:35:49 -0400 Organization: Posted via Forte APN, http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php Well, Norvergence now appears to be completely off the telco map. Calls to their customer service line (866-744-6678) reports an "all circuits busy" message, except calls originating from Sprint circuits which come back with the message "We are unable to complete your call at this time, please try again later. Message One. Fifty-Four. Twelve." As I doubt that the lines are being tied up just so that people can hear a recording about their financial woes, I'm guessing the circuits are "busy" because there's no circuit to connect TO. e-mail address fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my address in order to reply. ------------------------------ From: le_prelude@yahoo.fr (Simon Templar) Subject: Alcatel Knowledge base [OmniPCX / Enterprise] Date: 15 Jul 2004 21:29:32 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hi All, Just a quick note to tell you that I just set up an Alcatel Knowledge Base for OmniPCX and Enterprise products. http://www.gadot.net/alcatel Enjoy ! ------------------------------ From: DevilsPGD Subject: Re: Vonage(R) Activates 200,000th Line Reply-To: bond-jamesbond@crazyhat.net Organization: EasyNews, UseNet made Easy! Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 04:40:50 GMT In message AFN wrote: > Where are they getting most of their customers from? They're not a > household name (yet). Referrals, most likely. 1989 - The movie "Batman," notches $100 million in 10 days, proving once and for all that the public can't get enough of men in tights. ------------------------------ From: David Quinton Subject: Re: How to Untangle a Curly Telephone Receiver Cord Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:31:24 +0100 On 15 Jul 2004 11:15:49 -0400, Don Saklad wrote: > What is the trick to untangling a curly cord from the telephone > receiver to the base? ... IME - gravity is your friend. Raise the base up high and let the handset dangle on the cord and untwist itself. -- UK Computer stuff from Morgan Auctions. Bids start at £1. No reserve. Sign up NOW! Track a Mobile phone: . ------------------------------ From: Dan Mayer Subject: The History of Telepassport Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:59:26 -0400 Patrick, I'm interested in the history of international callback; the Telepassport system is a prime early example according to http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Electronic/Telepassport_Internation al_13242.htm and other sources. That source (declaring service availability) is dated July 1993. Do you recall when the system was actually designed, and how long it took to implement from concept to reality? Was it based on some earlier descriptions of similar concepts? Thanks! Dan Mayer. ------------------------------ From: codemonkey74@yahoo.com (CodeMonkey74) Subject: Internet Connection Date: 16 Jul 2004 10:01:56 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com I saw this posted on another forum and thought it was a pretty hot deal. I'm looking for a good deal on high-speed internet. 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