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| Date: 8 Jul 2015 11:50:53 -0400
From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Robocalls - the next level
Message-ID: <mnjgst$90n$1@panix2.panix.com>
Gary <anonymous@invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote:
>On 6/25/2015 5:24 PM, Don Y wrote:
>>
>> I've been trying to sort out effective algorithms to implement an
>> "automated attendant" (imagine a machine that screens calls like a
>> "secretary" would). So you aren't even bothered by a phone ringing!
>
>On a related note, will CallerID ever be made "spoof proof?" That
>would help, a lot
No, it's not for that.
ANI is pretty much spoof-proof though. Because it's supposed to be.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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| Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 15:32:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman)
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Free Hotel Wi-Fi is increasingly on Travelers' Must-Have Lists
Message-ID: <mnjfpr$223p$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu>
In article <mnh20i$13cj$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu>, Bill Horne appended:
>Well, it does cost something to provide the service, and whatever a
>hotel charges for it, the cost pales in comparison to the value of
>*your* time. Maybe we all need to ask how we got the idea that only
>those whom are glued to a computer are productive?
It's my JOB, Bill, and yet it's still rather insulting to suggest that
I'm "glued to a computer" when attending a conference.
-GAWollman
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Garrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft
wollman@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program
Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption
my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993
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| Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:22:59 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Free Hotel Wi-Fi is increasingly on Travelers' Must-Have Lists
Message-ID: <20150709002258.GA19246@telecom.csail.mit.edu>
On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 03:32:11PM +0000, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> In article <mnh20i$13cj$1@grapevine.csail.mit.edu>, Bill Horne appended:
>> Well, it does cost something to provide the service, and
>> whatever a hotel charges for it, the cost pales in comparison to
>> the value of your *time*. Maybe we all need to ask how we got
>> the idea that only those whom are glued to a computer are
>> productive?
>
> It's my JOB, Bill, and yet it's still rather insulting to suggest that
> I'm "glued to a computer" when attending a conference.
Oops, sorry, my apologies. I didn't write that clearly.
Here's the issue as I see it: road warriors need Wi-Fi, some of the
time. We all agree on that: it's the most effective way to distribute
copies of slides, presentations, handouts, etc. for those whom are
attending conferences, and it's convenient for attendees to be able to
check their inbox or read the c.v. of presenters during breaks. No
hotel manager would leave it out of a "meeting" package.
However, the hotel operators are charging high rates for providing it
in the rooms, apparently because they can. To them, as the
author of that original piece pointed out, "it's found money".
But ...
I'm uncomfortable with the notion that we must all accept that we need
it all the time, and I wonder if we'd do better to question why WiFi
in hotel rooms is so important in most businessmens' minds. I'm not
talking about watching NetFlix or updating FacePage: those are
personal matters, not germane to the question of why - and this is the
reason I am personnally skeptical about the benefits of "smart" phones
and other always-on Internet tools - we accept the idea that we must
spend all the time we used to have to ourselves, peering at a computer
screen for business reasons.
The best and most widely welcomed ideas I had while I was a road
warrior were those that came to me while I was sitting quietly,
letting my mind wander over possibilities which were not available
on any website, handout, slide show, or presentation. The computer
that my employer provided to me was as much a hindrance as a help:
although it made a lot of information available to me, my assumption
that it should be on and in use whenever I was awake also deprived me
of the time I needed to use my head, and I am convinced that we all
lost something when we came to a hivemind decision that we have to be
connected during every waking moment. What used to be quiet hours
spent in hotel rooms, away from the distractions of children,
household chores, bills, laundry, etc., have become time "at work",
and because of the Wi-Fi access, those rooms are now just another
place to trade memos, glued to a computer screen.
The best and most effective managers know that their subordinates
need that quiet time: indeed, the chance to close a door and be
alone with my thoughts was one of the best parts of being on the road.
We've lost one of the few chances we had to look ahead, to plan, to
dream - and we have substituted the obligation to react to what others
want instead.
I used to work in a "Blue" shop. There was a sign on the wall that said ...
"Machines should work. People should think."
Bill
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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| Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:33:11 -0400
From: Fred Goldstein <invalid@see.sig.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Free Hotel Wi-Fi is increasingly on Travelers' Must-Have Lists
Message-ID: <559D42B7.1070504@ionary.com>
On 7/7/2015 1:24 PM, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> In article <07ED69FC-D163-4389-9523-74A77B224BDC@roscom.com>,
> Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:
> > Hotel guests, used to receiving free Wi-Fi nearly everywhere, are
> > becoming less willing to pay the fees high-end flagship hotels charge
> > for the service.
>
> Good. It always pissed me off that when I travel for personal
> reasons, and stay at budget hotels, I get "free" network included with
> the $90 room rate, whereas when I travel for business and stay at a
> Marriott or a Sheraton, they ding me for $15 a day on top of the
> already outrageous room rates.
>
> At least USENIX is now including wireless in their hotel contracts for
> conferences. So long as I stay at the overpriced conference hotel,
> anyway....
>
Good for them!
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
>
> Well, it does cost something to provide the service, and whatever a
> hotel charges for it, the cost pales in comparison to the value of
> your *time*. Maybe we all need to ask how we got the idea that only
> those whom are glued to a computer are productive?
>
It costs something for hot water and towels too, but they throw it in
with the room. WiFi is pretty cheap in the scheme of things (at most
locations); the for-pay systems probably spend more on billing than on
the service.
While one might suggest that leisure travelers should not spend their
time on the computer (although it comes in darn handy for things like
finding nearby restaurants, getting tickets, etc.), a business traveler
needs to be in touch with the outside. It is not a luxury; it is a work
tool.
--
Fred R. Goldstein k1io fred "at" interisle.net
Interisle Consulting Group
+1 617 795 2701
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| Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 08:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Thief caught stealing from cell phone tower
Message-ID: <d1c76172-b3c5-4fb8-a9e0-3cd4315b5939@googlegroups.com>
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that police caught a man
attempting to steal materials from a cellular telephone tower.
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
A man was arrested Saturday morning after a police officer caught him
stealing batteries and wire from a cell phone tower in Gloucester
Township, N.J. police said.
The officer, assigned to an extra patrol of area cell towers, saw a
suspicious vehicle backed against a tower on Williamstown Road about
9:15 a.m., according to a news release from the Gloucester Township
Police Department.
For full article please see:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Police_Man_caught_stealing_from_South_Jersey_cell_phone_tower.html
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| Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 16:13:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Mike Sandman, of Sandman.com, killed in plane crash
Message-ID: <df3c9043-d554-4daa-85dd-75ebeca1fe95@googlegroups.com>
According to story in the Chicago Tribune, Mike Sandman has been
killed in a plane crash.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-bartlett-plane-crash-pilot-20150708-story.html
-or-
http://tinyurl.com/nkvwvuq
As many T-D readers are aware, Mike was the owner of sandman.com, a
supplier of telephones and related equipment.
http://www.sandman.com/
Mike was a T-D reader for many years and occasionally contributed
articles. His "Telephony History Page" is here:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.dcom.telecom/gkjFdTgsN2E/CfP2KdS6150J
Neal McLain
***** Moderator's Note *****
R.I.P. Michael Sandman: he was 61 years old.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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