---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180602001450.GA3324@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 20:14:50 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: California Senate Backs Strict Guarantees of 'Net Neutrality' By Donald Kaufman On Wednesday, the California state Senate approved guarantees of net neutrality that are stricter than the ones the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implemented in 2015. Those federal rules prohibited blocking, throttling (intentionally limiting available bandwidth) and paid prioritization. In December 2017, under Republican-controlled leadership, the FCC repealed the 2015 rules. The commission had received 23.5 million public comments, 98.5 percent of which contained requests that the FCC oppose the repeal. Polls at that time showed Americans favored the 2015 guarantees by 83 percent (75 percent of polled Republicans were in favor of net neutrality). https://www.truthdig.com/articles/california-senate-backs-strict-guarantees-of-net-neutrality/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180603141919.GA9904@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 10:19:19 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Lawsuit for Investors who held Shares of Level 3 Communications, Inc. Lawsuit for Investors who held Shares of Level 3 Communications, Inc. Announced by Shareholders Foundation On October 31, 2016, CenturyLink (CTL) and Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a merger agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $34 billion, including the assumption of debt. Under terms of the agreement, Level 3 shareholders will receive $26.50 per share in cash and a fixed exchange ratio of 1.4286 shares of CenturyLink stock for each Level 3 share they own, which implies a purchase price of $66.50 per Level 3 share (based on a CenturyLink $28.00 per share reference price). http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3794933 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180602003823.GA3535@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 20:38:23 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Global Hosted PBX Market Latest Study Global Hosted PBX Market Latest Study Containing Key Players, Applications, Development Factors and Forecasts, with CAGR of +14% Till 2023 Hosted PBX Market with SWOT Analysis, Business demand, Opportunity, Rising Technology, Developing Trend till 2023 Houston, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/01/2018 -- "Hosted private branch exchange (hosted PBX) is a telephone exchange system built, carried and managed by a third-party service provider. Hosted PBX is an IP-based telephony solution provisioned and retrieved entirely over the Internet" http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3798719 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180603142408.GA9949@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 10:24:08 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Consumer advocacy group recovers money from Centurylink [We helped] Marti Stanton. She says trying to figure out her CenturyLink bill is more difficult than trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle. After canceling her CenturyLink service last year, she says the company keeps mailing her bills that are all different amounts. "This one bill is $579, this one's $467, this one's $549," she told us. http://www.azfamily.com/story/38319915/3-on-your-side-recoups-4700-during-may -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2FF63423-994C-4618-AE48-96189DFBA86A@roscom.com> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 11:12:25 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Hands off my data! 15 default privacy settings you should change right now Hands off my data! 15 default privacy settings you should change right now Say no to defaults. A clickable guide to fixing the complicated privacy settings from Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/06/01/hands-off-my-data-15-default-privacy-settings-you-should-change-right-now/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 04 Jun 2018