---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20171002001519.GA17421@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 20:15:19 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Why CenturyLink Shareholders Have Nothing to Worry About (for Now) A delay in the CenturyLink-Level 3 merger is giving investors the jitters. By Billy Duberstein Recently, I wrote about a possible delay in the CenturyLink-Level 3 Communications merger, and the accompanying actions taken by activist hedge fund Corvex Management. As the merger is crucial to the future of CenturyLink shareholders, any sort of uncertainty surrounding approval would throw a wrench into the investment thesis for either of these two companies. Due to increasing competition in the telecom space and a secular decline in many of CenturyLink's legacy businesses (such as copper wire landlines), CenturyLink has continued to post deteriorating operating results as it attempts to invest in future technologies while keeping costs in check in preparation for the merger. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/09/29/why-centurylink-shareholders-have-nothing-to-worry.aspx -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <01D56F4D-2746-4C8F-882B-237D5D5EEFB7@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 21:19:15 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Delta to Offer Free In-Flight Text Messaging Starting Sunday, Delta will allow free texting on three messaging apps, giving it an advantage with travelers who would otherwise have to pay for Wi-Fi service. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/business/delta-text-messaging.html ***** Moderator's Note ***** Since the allowed applications include WhatsApp, I'm curious if encrypted texts will be possible. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <a7bc8e417fd8221718087e127229a4f4.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:23:16 -0500 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: NCTA, ACA, USTelecom look to check FCC's Title II authority in Supreme Court NCTA, ACA, USTelecom look to check FCC's Title II authority in Supreme Court By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, September 29, 2017 Telecom trade groups including the NCTA, ACA and USTelecom have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal of a lower-court ruling upholding the FCC's declaration of ISPs as common carrier service providers. Despite the stated intentions of the now-Republican- controlled FCC to roll back its 2015 Title II decree and associated net-neutrality regimen, the trade groups are trying to overturn a D.C. Circuit Court ruling that the FCC had the authority to classify internet service providers as Title II public utilities in the first place. In its petition filed yesterday, NCTA-The Internet Television Association accused the FCC of crafting its 2015 Title II decree and corresponding net-neutrality rules based on the vastly outdated standards of the communications Act of 1934. http://www.fiercecable.com/cable/ncta-aca-ustelecom-look-to-check-fcc-s-title-ii-authority-supreme-court?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldNM016VmhPVGs0T1RnMSIsInQiOiJwdmhweVd1VTIyV0hyU1ZsOVkzZ3hWU2c2RTlNaW0rMWN2Z0NNREYxeG40RVRnWUkrbnlBcitSMDRhcEJxVEJJYjlPd1JYTjROMnNNemdWRHRQSUNpVE5LN3ppZFNLaFwvbTNRYWl6U3BUVmp5dlEySUtsOStPbGNQQzVzSlJ2WHIifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=5707703&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal -or- http://tinyurl.com/y9lzju3b Neal McLain. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171002003658.GA17942@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 20:36:58 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T seeks Supreme Court ruling about net neutrality AT&T and other broadband providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Obama-era "net neutrality" rule barring internet service providers from slowing or blocking rivals' content. The appeals, filed Thursday, will put new pressure on a rule enacted in 2015 when the Federal Communications Commission was under Democratic control. Filing a separate appeal from AT&T were the United States Telecom Association, a trade group, and broadband service provider CenturyLink. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/att/2017/09/28/att-seeks-supreme-court-ruling-net-neutrality -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 02 Oct 2017