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| Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:09:55 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: CenturyLink realigns execs, continues pokey roll out of 1 gig Internet
Message-ID: <m9p4i6$9ke$1@dont-email.me>
By Tamara Chuang
The Denver Post
CenturyLink has reorganized its local leadership and replaced longtime
Denver general manager [and high-speed fiber champion - mod] Scott
Russell, the company confirmed Tuesday.
Penny Larson, its operations vice president for Colorado, now adds
Denver to her responsibilities.
...
On Tuesday, CenturyLink said its gigabit effort is available only to
Denver residents and declined to say which neighborhoods can order it.
The company said it plans an update this month.
A search on Century Link's website shows the speedier service available
in Washington Park, Park Hill and Glendale. One person even put together
a CenturyLink Gigabit Coverage map to track availability.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_27313810/centurylink-realigns-execs-continues-pokey-roll-out-1
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http://goo.gl/eVdfjv
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with sad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
- Ian Anderson
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| Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:58:38 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: New hope for water-damaged phones
Message-ID: <m9p3t1$6nb$1@dont-email.me>
Carmel entrepreneurs, Verizon revive water-damaged cellphones
by Jeff Swiatek
Using some old-fashioned workbench tinkering, Joel Trusty revived his
wife's cellphone after a full cycle through the washing machine, only to
get another challenge from her:
Make a business out of it, she suggested. The world needs a reliable fix
for water-damaged cellphones.
http://www.indystar.com/story/money/2015/01/21/carmel-companys-creation-revives-water-damaged-cellphones/22081131/
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http://goo.gl/DmjKty
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
The small-town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received
- Janis Ian
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| Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:15:56 +1100
From: David Clayton <dc33box-usenet2@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: New hope for water-damaged phones
Message-ID: <pan.2015.01.21.22.15.53.241647@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.au>
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:58:38 -0500, Bill Horne wrote:
> Carmel entrepreneurs, Verizon revive water-damaged cellphones
>
> by Jeff Swiatek
>
> Using some old-fashioned workbench tinkering, Joel Trusty revived his
> wife's cellphone after a full cycle through the washing machine, only to
> get another challenge from her:
>
> Make a business out of it, she suggested. The world needs a reliable fix
> for water-damaged cellphones.
>
>
> http://www.indystar.com/story/money/2015/01/21/carmel-companys-creation-revives-water-damaged-cellphones/22081131/
> -or-
> http://goo.gl/DmjKty
It's one thing removing the moisture from electronic circuit boards and
components with heat etc., it's another to remove any residual muck left
behind that can either cause corrosion or conductivity problems in the
future.
If the process had the device dipped in a bath of circuit board cleaner
I'd be more confident of it being a longer-term fix, but with the short
lifespan of these devices it may not be an issue.
I once had a situation where a customer had a server sitting on the floor
of a meeting room and it became unreliable after a couple of years, it
turned out that the motherboard had a slimy film on it caused by
six-monthly carpet steam cleaning which was sucked into the always
running server by its fans, a good clean of the motherboard by the
appropriate product fixed it but there would still have been long-term
corrosion problems.
--
Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
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| Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:50:33 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Security flaw in Verizon mobile app has been patched
Message-ID: <m9p3ds$4si$1@dont-email.me>
The vulnerability, which Verizon has already fixed, would have let
anyone to tap into a Verizon email account.
by Charlie Osborne
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability tied to a Verizon
application that would have allowed any user access to any Verizon email
account -- and a fix has been rapidly pushed out.
As reported by ThreatPost on Monday, Verizon pushed a fix out for the
flaw last week after security researcher Randy Westergren Jr. disclosed
the vulnerability in the application program interface, or API, used by
Verizon's My Fios mobile app. The flaw was severe enough that the
telecommunications giant patched the problem within 48 hours. Fios is
Verizon's bundled phone, Internet, and television service.
http://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-races-out-fix-for-email-security-flaw/
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
- James Taylor
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| Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:05:00 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Google's Next Telecom Move - Becoming a Wireless Carrier
Message-ID: <m9ppc0$2si$1@dont-email.me>
Google is preparing to sell mobile phone plans directly to customers
and manage their calls and mobile data over a cellular network,
according to three people with knowledge of the plans.
The new service is expected run on Sprint and T-Mobile's networks, two
people familiar with the product say. Google is expected to reach
deals to buy wholesale access to those carriers' mobile voice and data
networks, making it a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, they
say.
https://www.theinformation.com/Google-s-Next-Telecom-Move-Becoming-a-Wireless-Carrier
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http://goo.gl/hW2Frw
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
A thousand other boys could never reach you
How could I have been the one?
I saw the world spin beneath you
And scatter like ice from the spoon that was your womb
- Goo Goo Dolls
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