Message-ID: <20220709174833.8AF7879A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 17:48:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Disaster Zone Podcast: T-Mobile's Emergency Response Team
By Eric Holdeman - July 05, 2022
If you cannot communicate, you can not coordinate or respond to a
disaster. Thus, communications is one of those key elements to be
planned for.
One partner in that planning are commercial companies that provide
telecommunications services. In this podcast I interview T-Mobile and
two members of their Emergency Response Team.
https://www.govtech.com/em/emergency-blogs/disaster-zone/disaster-zone-podcast-t-mobiles-emergency-response-team
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Message-ID: <20220709172622.0C5DD79A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 17:26:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: Verizon Is Sending Poorly Reviewed 4G Flip Phones to
Customers Still Using 3G
With Verizon's official 3G shutdown looming for New Year's Eve, the
carrier is finding an answer for people with older phones.
By Ian Sherr and Eli Blumenthal
Verizon's plan to shut down its 3G network at the end of this year
wasn't a surprise to most people, who by now are largely using phones
powered by 4G or 5G technology. But the carrier's move did mean the
relatively few people who still rely on older phones only capable of
3G signals would be left in the dark come New Year's Eve.
Now, Verizon says, it'll start sending free 4G-capable phones to those
affected customers. The new phones, though, aren't like the typical
gifts Verizon uses to entice customers, like a free iPhone 13 or
Samsung Galaxy S22. Instead, they're Star Trek-like flip phones,
including the Orbic Journey V, TCL Flip Pro and Nokia 2720 V Flip.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/verizon-is-sending-poorly-reviewed-4g-flip-phones-to-customers-still-using-3g/
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Message-ID: <20220709173402.9BFDE79A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 17:34:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: I kept a Google Fi line outside the US for 2 years. Here's
how that went.
I somehow got two years of usage out of Google Fi before being suspended.
By Hadlee Simons
Google Fi is definitely one of the better mobile plans out there,
offering easy-to-understand rates, generous out-of-bundle data
service, and the same $10 per GB data price in over 100 countries.
The service is only meant for US customers, though, but I ended up
using Google Fi in my home country of South Africa for roughly two
years. Here's how that went.
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-fi-international-usage-opinion-3169701/
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Message-ID: <taijec$1rfir$1@dont-email.me>
Date: 12 Jul 2022 01:40:29 -0000
From: "bob prohaska" <bp@www.zefox.net>
Subject: Wireline alternatives/PUC status
It seems that wireline phone service is getting phased out. What are
the PUC-regulated options among the replacements? AFAIK, Internet
service is not considered a utility and isn't subject to any regulation,
state or federal. If telephone voice service is added to a more modern
connection scheme (wireless or fiber, for example) is any part of the
bundle under PUC regulation? I'm in California, if that matters.
Thanks for reading,
bob prohaska
