---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190516154241.GA1752@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 15:42:41 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T Makes It Harder To Cancel Home Internet & Phone by Luke Bouma Earlier this month Spectrum made it harder to cancel home internet. Now AT&T is doing the same as it has started to notify customers that they are changing their cancellation policy for internet customers. In the past if you canceled mid-month and did not have a contract you could get a refund for the rest of the month you did not use. Now AT&T is no longer offering pro rata (aka prorated) credits for unused services when you canceled. This means if you cancel in the first week of your new bill AT&T gets to keep your full payment even if you only used a few days. https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/att-makes-it-harder-to-cancel-home-internet-phone/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1DD7470C-2092-4DC0-A974-1B5DF8DBD442@roscom.com> Date: 15 May 2019 23:12:32 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Huawei Is a Target as Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear The administration also announced that it had placed the company on a list of firms prevented from buying American parts and technologies without seeking approval. By Cecilia Kang and David E. Sanger WASHINGTON - President Trump moved on Wednesday to ban American telecommunications firms from installing foreign-made equipment that could pose a threat to national security, White House officials said, stepping up a battle against China by effectively barring sales by Huawei, the country's leading networking company. Mr. Trump issued an executive order instructing the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, to ban transactions "posing an unacceptable risk" but did not single out any nation or company. The action has long been expected and is the latest salvo in the administration's economic and security battle with China. It is also the most extreme move in the Trump administration's fight against China's tech sector. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/business/huawei-ban-trump.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CF5C57A2-8F8E-4B51-AE14-95EEA5857FEC@roscom.com> Date: 15 May 2019 20:09:12 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The FCC wants to make it easier for AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block robocalls by default The FCC wants to make it easier for AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block robocalls by default The move comes a month after robocallers dialed Americans nearly 5 billion times, according to one industry estimate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/15/fcc-wants-make-it-easier-att-verizon-other-carriers-block-robocalls-by-default/ ***** Moderator's Note ***** The Washington Post site is still blocking access to viewers with ad blockers, but has not yet put its paywall back up. If they do, I'll stop using their leads, again. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 17 May 2019