Message-ID: <007301d72e58$dbaae9d0$9300bd70$@gmail.com>
Date: 10 Apr 2021 18:28:40 -0400
From: bob.goudreau@gmail.com
Subject: What is the actual technical reason that would explain
why T-Mobile is trying to get legacy Sprint customers to swap SIMs?
I've had a family plan account for several years from Sprint, which was
acquired by T-Mobile last year. They have been gradually combining
operations, and now I am being urged (though not required) to "Upgrade to
our bigger + better network at no extra cost" by swapping the SIM cards in
my account's phones for new T-Mo SIMs. The online chat agent was predictably
useless in answering my questions about why such a switch would be necessary
(such "why can't the T-Mo towers simply recognize legacy-Sprint SIMs in
addition to recognizing T-Mo SIMs?"). Given cautionary tales such as
https://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/kyxdkx/any_sprint_users_switch_to_the_tmobile_sim_cards/
... I am reluctant to try to fix something that isn't broken. The fact
that T-Mo historically has offered inferior coverage in my local
market (though I recognize that this may have changed) is also giving
me pause, as I cannot determine whether a new SIM would give me access
to *more* towers (all the legacy Sprint ones, plus all the T-Mobile
ones), or instead merely give me access to a different set of towers
(i.e., excluding the Sprint towers I am using now). Can any Digest
readers who are knowledgeable about this issue share what they know?
Thanks,
Bob Goudreau
Cary, NC
Message-ID: <20210410040616.319EB7FE@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:06:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Plain Text: United States Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets
Definition Of Automatic Telephone Dialing System In Closely-Watched Facebook
TCPA Decision
by Andrew Bluth , Amy Pierce , Danielle E. Stierna and Sherman McFarland
Sacramento, Calif. (April 2, 2021) - On April 1, 2021, the
U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeal's interpretation of the definition of "automatic telephone
dialing system" (ATDS), or autodialer, under the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA). The Court held that a "necessary feature" of an
ATDS "is the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator
to either store or produce phone numbers to be called." The Court's
strict statutory interpretation of ATDS could prove to be a major
impediment to the TCPA plaintiffs' bar, which has argued the
definition of ATDS covers equipment that can store and dial telephone
numbers, or be modified to do so, even if the equipment does not use a
random or sequential number generator.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1054730/plain-text-united-states-supreme-court-narrowly-interprets-definition-of-automatic-telephone-dialing-system-in-closely-watched-facebook-tcpa-decision?email_access=on
Message-ID: <20210411052340.40702770@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:23:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Marlborough, MA: Request For Public Comments And Input
Regarding Renewal Of The Verizon Cable License
City of Marlborough MA Cable License Renewal Continuing Ascertainment
Process Request for Public Comments.
Press release from the City of Marlborough:
April 9, 2021
City of Marlborough Cable License Renewal Continuing Ascertainment
Process Request for Public Comments and Input Regarding Renewal of the
Cable License of Verizon of New England, Inc.
https://patch.com/massachusetts/marlborough/marlborough-request-public-comments-input-regarding-renewal-verizon-cable
