---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <8BF10CB4-8AA6-48D9-8337-A88A959107CB@roscom.com> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 21:26:36 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Why Robocallers Win Even if You Don't Answer Why Robocallers Win Even if You Don't Answer Ignoring a robocall doesn't keep some scammers from making money from caller-ID services By Sarah Krouse Caller ID is feeding one of the very problems it was developed to stop: junk calls. Illegitimate robocallers, or outfits that flood American landlines with marketing calls, use the decades-old identification system to make money, even when no one picks up. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-robocallers-win-even-if-you-dont-answer-1528104600 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D46E18A4-7AD4-45BA-A358-9E4F4C58A1B4@roscom.com> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 09:55:14 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: 5G: What is it good for? 5G: What is it good for? 5th Generation Mobile is the next big leap in wireless communications. Here's what it will mean for you. 5G, or 5th generation mobile, is the next big leap in wireless communications. You've probably heard about it in commercials or seen it in headlines. But much of the discussion about the new technology has been focused on its engineering features, infrastructure requirements and public policy considerations. With technical buzzwords like "network slicing," "beamforming," and "multi-access edge computing," it may be hard to really understand what 5G is all about and why we should care. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/06/05/5g-what-is-it-good-for/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <257f0837-183c-4e9d-8351-2a284e3a9030@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 11:29:03 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Global Hosted PBX Market Latest Study On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 10:28:32 AM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > 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 Historical perspective: 1968 article in Bell Labs Record describing the past 60 years of PBX development. http://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/document-repository/catalogs-manuals/western-electric/bell-labs-record/11607-68jan-blr-p9-60-years-of-pbx-development ------------------------------ Message-ID: <78992540-42c5-4f28-b89e-556b8caedb24@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 11:24:36 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: AT&T outage causes Overland Plaza businesses to lose thousands On Monday, May 28, 2018 at 10:16:29 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > It was supposed to be a simple repair job, but one utility company cut > another company's line, and no one is moving fast enough to get things > fixed. > > Author: Rico Bush > > OVERLAND, Mo. - A business man in Overland Plaza said a simple repair > job by one utility company has caused him to lose thousands of > dollars. > > The problem started last Monday and now business owners want to know > when someone is going to put them back in business. > > https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/att-outage-causes-overland-plaza-businesses-to-lose-thousands/63-558581517 Historical perspective: 1938 Bell Telephone repair bureau, "Always looking for trouble, before trouble troubles you." https://books.google.com/books?id=MoWAjRaHo5UC&lpg=PA3&dq=boys%20life%20august%201938&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 08 Jun 2018