---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180504151303.GA11255@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 11:13:03 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink cutting hundreds of jobs by Greg Avery CenturyLink Inc. has started laying off hundreds of employees companywide in cuts that will continue in coming weeks as the telecom adopts new technology and streamlines following last year's merger with Level 3 Communications. The Monroe, Louisiana-based company (NYSE: CTL) is cutting 2 percent of its staff, eliminating jobs in various divisions across the business, CenturyLink confirmed Thursday. The company did not disclose an exact number, but employment figures it disclosed earlier this year suggest a 2 percent cut would mean as many as 1,050 employees let go. https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2018/05/03/centurylink-cutting-hundreds-of-jobs.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180502142257.GA3968@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 10:22:57 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: What the T-Mobile Merger With Sprint Means for Consumers Companies promise faster 5G network, but advocates say prices could rise By Bree Fowler T-Mobile and Sprint Sunday unveiled a deal to merge in a bid to better compete with AT&T and Verizon, a move that also would shrink the number of major players in the cellular industry to just three. For consumers, that consolidation brings with it the possibility of higher prices, according to analysts and advocates, though T-Mobile and Sprint deny that will happen. It also could spur faster development of 5G, the next generation of super-fast wireless connectivity. https://www.consumerreports.org/cell-phone-plans/what-the-t-mobile-merger-with-sprint-means-for-consumers/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4778667B-A21D-4ABD-AD73-75D25DD78280@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 08:14:04 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Tech firms fret over push to legalize 'defensive' hacking Tech firms fret over push to legalize 'defensive' hacking The debate around whether companies should be able to engage in "active cyber defense" is heating up. Often described by critics as "hacking back," the controversial concept involves organizations employing a variety of techniques to prevent breaches or track down the perpetrators in the event their systems are attacked. http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/385743-tech-firms-fret-over-push-to-legalize-defensive-hacking ------------------------------ Message-ID: <ef0e9af3-3ae2-4450-bfbb-c02fa21ef503@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 15:31:35 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Unwired and wound up: Verizon customers in Novato, CA without cell service for 10+ days On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:55:04 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > By Wayne Freedman > > NOVATO, Calif. (KGO) -- In historic Novato, Verizon customers say it > feels as if they've returned to the stone age, also known as the > 1990's. > > "No service," said Brian Clark, holding up his phone. > > "Either you make the call or they drop when you do," Kate Ibarra > complained. > > http://abc7news.com/technology/unwired-and-wound-up-verizon-customers-in-novato-without-cell-service-for-10+-days/3415475/ Bell Reliability ads from the 1960s: (LIFE magazine) https://books.google.com/books?id=m0gEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA50&dq=life%20bell%20reliability&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=nksEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA153&dq=life%20bell%20reliability&pg=PA153#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=BVYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA41&dq=life%20bell%20reliability&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=BlMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA57&dq=life%20bell%20reliability&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=ilUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA21&dq=life%20bell%20reliability&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=SlIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA8&dq=life%20bell%20reliable&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false "Made to work 40 years without a failure." Could they make that claim today? ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DM3PR13MB0670D896F47DE89F9A44808D91860@DM3PR13MB0670.namprd13.prod.outlook.com> Date: 4 May 2018 20:13:37 +0000 From: "Naveen Albert" <wirelessaction@remove-this.outlook.com> Subject: What the T-Mobile Merger With Sprint Means for Consumers Does anyone know how this merger will impact Sprint's landline business? Is T-Mobile absorbing that as well or is there a new company to do that? ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 05 May 2018