---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20171025081019.GA16830@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:10:19 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink phone service restored after outage in Carteret Co. By Jason O. Boyd A CenturyLink outage in Carteret County (NC) is impacting telephone use Thursday (Oct 19) afternoon, according to the Cartetet County Sheriff's Office. Nick Wilson, Public Information Officer with the sheriff's office, said in an email they have confirmed through CenturyLink about the outage involving its landlines. He said technicians are working to resolve the issue and will let everyone know when service is restored. http://www.wcti12.com/news/local-news/carteret/centurylink-working-to-repair-telephone-outage-in-carteret-co/641460023 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ***** Moderator's Note ***** Although an undated revision to the above article says service has been restored, I'm publishing this story in hopes we can get some more information together. I get the feeling that Centurylink is having a lot of outages, and even if the problems are small, I'm concerned about the level of service the ILEC is providing to its customers. Does anyone have more info on Centurylink's outage reports? Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1ADE6A0D-8FDC-482E-B2E3-CC98555E7EDE@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 23:26:23 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: How You Swipe and Hold Your Phone May Be a Critical Clue to Stop Fraudsters How You Swipe and Hold Your Phone May Be a Critical Clue to Stop Fraudsters People are creatures of habit. This applies to daily routines, but also to small details like how they use their phones. The angle they usually hold their phones as well as how they use the screen to scroll and swipe is often predictable enough to create individual profiles of users' behavior. And in this data-driven age, it's no surprise that companies are doing just that by compiling dozens of signals related to consumers' phone habits in order to create so-called behavioral biometrics that prevent fraud. http://fortune.com/2017/10/23/biocatch/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171024170020.GA12800@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:00:20 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T's Earnings Call to Shed Light on Cord Cutting, Status of Time Warner Deal The telecom has already warned about declining video subscribers and recently pushed out the termination date for the Time Warner deal. Investors will also listen for details about AT&T's video strategy, the impact of the latest iPhone and other key data points. by Chris Nolter Cord cutting and the fate of the Time Warner Inc. deal are top of investors' minds as AT&T Inc. gets ready to report third-quarter earnings after the market close Thursday. The damage from hurricanes and earthquakes and the state of the wireless business amid a sluggish iPhone upgrade cycle so far are other important topics for the telecom and pay-TV giant. Wall Street expects AT&T to report earnings of 74 cents per share off sales of $40.1 billion on Thursday. The company hosts an investor call at 4.30 p.m. ET. https://www.thestreet.com/story/14356754/1/att-q3-earnings-preview.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 25 Oct 2017