---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <95147A33-0B3B-4736-A301-0E6981F0A304@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 09:05:57 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Qualcomm covers all the bases with a cellular "vehicle-to- everything" chipset It combines the cellular modem and direct short-range radio together in one. By Jonathan M. Gitlin A few weeks ago, I wondered whether connected cars might end up using LTE modems for Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communications rather than the 5.9GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) protocol. Although the DSRC bandwidth was allocated in 1999 and the 802.11p spec was outlined in 2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been very slow to act, and here in 2017 we're still waiting for automakers to actually add it to any of their vehicles. By contrast, 4G LTE is becoming pervasive across new car lineups with no reason to believe it will be any different when 5G LTE arrives. But today, Qualcomm revealed a new chipset for OEMs that will let us have our connected car cakes and eat them too. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/09/qualcomm-covers-all-the-bases-with-a-cellular-vehicle-to-everything-chipset/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CC558274-42BA-4DC3-A414-43C236A02A6A@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 09:12:57 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: AT&T absurdly claims that most "legitimate" net neutrality comments favor repeal AT&T ignores finding that 98.5% of unique comments favor net neutrality rules. By Jon Brodkin Despite a study showing that 98.5 percent of individually written net neutrality comments support the US's current net neutrality rules, AT&T is claiming that the vast majority of "legitimate" comments favor repealing the rules. The Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality docket is a real mess, with nearly 22 million comments, mostly from form letters and many from spam bots using identities stolen from data breaches. AT&T is part of an industry group called Broadband for America that just funded a study that tries to find trends within the chaos. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/att-absurdly-claims-that-most-legitimate-net-neutrality-comments-favor-repeal/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B417BF24-973C-4726-AD6F-470BE78B64C8@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 09:11:01 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Comcast sues Vermont to avoid building 550 miles of new cable lines Comcast has sued the state of Vermont to try to avoid a requirement to build 550 miles of new cable lines. Comcast's lawsuit against the Vermont Public Utility Commission (VPUC) was filed Monday in US District Court in Vermont and challenges several provisions in the cable company's new 11-year permit to offer services in the state. One of the conditions in the permit says that "Comcast shall construct no less than 550 miles of line extensions into un-cabled areas during the [11-year] term." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/comcast-sues-vermont-to-avoid-building-550-miles-of-new-cable-lines/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170902154456.GA22800@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 11:44:56 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Looking back at Heinlein's future - coming true before our eyes David Brin has written a very scary history of how another author predicted the direction the United States is headed to - in 1953. Please read AND SHARE IT. http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-heinleins-future.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 03 Sep 2017