---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190111023032.GA6327@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:30:32 -0500 From: Communications Worker of America <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: New Report: AT&T Has Cut More Than 10,000 U.S. Jobs Since Congress Passed the GOP Tax Bill This appeared in an email I received from the CWA: - - - - - - - - - A new report released by CWA this week shows that despite receiving a $20 billion tax break from the Republican corporate tax cut bill, AT&T has eliminated more than 10,700 union jobs in 2018 alone. The company recently announced that they plan to close three more call centers in the Midwest, as well as a call center in Syracuse, N.Y. AT&T's continued job cuts and CWA's fight for fair contracts have been getting attention on Capitol Hill and in the media. CWA is calling on Congress to investigate how AT&T and other major corporations are spending the enormous tax cut benefits they received from the 2018 tax bill. CWA President Chris Shelton sent a letter in December to Congressman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, urging him to hold hearings on why companies like AT&T are continuing to cut jobs despite the promises they made in order to get the tax bill passed. "AT&T is breaking its promise to workers, customers, and communities across the country," said CWA District 4 Vice President Linda L. Hinton. "The company pledged to invest in U.S. workers if the tax bill passed, but they've done just the opposite. Companies like AT&T must renew their commitment to working people and the towns that depend on these jobs." The CWA email points to a New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/us/politics/trump-tax-cuts-jobs-act.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAFVzX8kd79k63tNq5dgZbqKco6iuNkRD=yNjFcjOuN52Y3TXLQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: 11 Jan 2019 09:13:57 -0500 From: "Regina R. Monaco Ph.D." <reginarosemonaco@gmail.com> Subject: IBM & Ericson press release about 5G, from 2017 I keep reading about 5G, but wasn't sure of its specs or capa- bilities. I found the following paper - a 2017 news release from IBM and Ericsson. Cool! -Regina *San Francisco, CA - 07 Feb 2017:* IBM and Ericsson today announced a research breakthrough that could accelerate the launch of 5G communications networks and support new mobile enterprise and user experiences enabled by very high data rates, including IoT, connected vehicles, and immersive virtual reality. http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/51542.wss PAPER (click on "Download Full-text PDF" at top of page): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313644020_A_28GHz_32-Element_Phased-Array_Transceiver_IC_with_Concurrent_Dual_Polarized_Beams_and_14_Degree_Beam-Steering_Resolution_for_5G_Communication ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190111153706.GA8749@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:37:06 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink CEO Blames Equipment Vendor for Outage Affecting 'Relatively Small Percentage' By Edward Gately CenturyLink's nationwide outage last month that affected 911 service for numerous consumers across the country could have been a lot worse, says the telco's president and CEO. Jeff Storey discussed the outage at this week's 2019 Citi Global TMT West Conference in Las Vegas. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week announced it is investigating the outage, but most of the agency's operations have been shut down since Jan. 3. https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/2019/01/10/centurylink-ceo-blames-equipment-vendor-for-outage-affecting-relatively-small-percentage/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190111154700.GA8780@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:47:00 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Denver was ground zero for CenturyLink's recent network outage, and it can be explained by a Mickey Mouse movie A Sorcerer's Apprentice - cascading "packets" of bad data - swamped the company's system. What can be done to prevent such a disruption again? By Aldo Svaldi ATMs failed in Idaho, Wyoming delayed lottery results, and 911 call centers in Washington, Arizona, Missouri and other states struggled with busy signals, dropped calls and missing location information. At the Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, staff couldn't access vital patient records online. And in parts of New Mexico and Montana, Verizon faced service disruptions through no fault of its own. https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/11/centurylink-network-outage-denver/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ***** Moderator's Note ***** Hmmm ... I think I remember that story: it was about an undisciplined and careless child who was assigned the task of cleaning up after the grownups had finished for the day, and who made dangerous and foolish errors when he tried to act like the adults. Sounds about right. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 12 Jan 2019