---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200427181102.GA28571@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:11:03 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon Bags More 4G Airwaves From Investors Investment groups' grips on critical 4G spectrum has started to loosen in the COVID crisis. Here's where your cell phone service will improve. By Sascha Segan Verizon will improve its 4G capacity in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Indiana, and Kentucky thanks to a deal with two companies you've probably never heard of-Spotlight Media and MCG-according to Brian Goemmer from Allnet Insights. https://www.pcmag.com/news/verizon-bags-more-4g-airwaves-from-investors -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200427180647.GA28532@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:06:47 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon sheds subscribers amidst coronavirus crisis Verizon sheds subscribers amidst coronavirus crisis By Steve McCaskill Verizon has updated its guidance due to the "unprecedented magnitude of current conditions" that saw it lose 68,000 subscribers during the first quarter of 2020. In order to maintain social distancing, the US operator has closed more than two thirds of it stores and reduced the trading hours of outlets that remain open for business. These stores have also stopped selling smartphones, with customers required to purchase handsets online. https://www.techradar.com/news/verizon-sheds-subscribers-amidst-coronavirus-crisis -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200427175539.GA28509@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:55:39 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink takes back cable boxes, zeroes out bill By Chris Rickert enturyLink's cable TV service was evicted from Sue Kies' home - a victim, Kies said, of its own shifting price structure. The cable TV boxes remained on as squatters - abandoned by a company that for six months failed to pay for their return, and charged Kies for its mistake. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/ask/sos/sos-centurylink-takes-back-cable-boxes-zeroes-out-bill/article_03d708ef-bf80-52f3-a952-340a2e1ffa8e.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 28 Apr 2020