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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 20:33:14 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon Not Installing FiOS for 25 Percent of NYers Who Want It: Audit
Message-ID: <moer5i$sbo$2@dont-email.me>
A city audit has found that over a quarter of New Yorkers who ask for
high-speed Internet from Verizon FiOS didn't get it, and officials are
vowing to hold the company accountable.
Verizon failed to honor a 2008 contract it signed with the city
promising high speeds to anyone who asked within a year, according to
Maya Wiley, counsel to the mayor.
http://goo.gl/vsrKbV
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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 20:51:20 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T Reports Internet Service Restored in California
Message-ID: <moes7r$vpl$1@dont-email.me>
Tracey Petersen and B.J. Hansen, MML News Team
Update 7/15/2015 10:00 p.m. PDT: AT&T has restored all internet services
to customers nearly 22 hours after vandals cut into one of its main
fiber optic lines Tuesday around 9:30 p.m. in San Joaquin County. The
vandals knocking out service to thousands of homes and businesses
throughout the Central Valley and Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties. AT&T
released this statement around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday announcing all
customers’ services had been restored: “Service has been restored
following last night’s vandalism in the Stockton area. Technicians
worked as quickly as possible to resolve the issue and all services are
currently running normally. We continue to cooperate with local law
enforcement to find those responsible. Vandalism is a serious matter
that affects public safety and the community at large.”
http://goo.gl/kuWNEy
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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 20:45:25 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T Takes Distracted Driving Effort To Airwaves
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AT&T is taking its “It can wait” anti-distracted-driving campaign to the
airwaves this summer with a jarring Internet film and television
commercials depicting the disastrous results that can occur when
checking one’s phone while behind the wheel.
The television campaign, from agency BBDO, uses slow-motion
cinematography to depict the aftermath of what happens when a driver
takes his or her eyes off the road.
http://goo.gl/JEOso1
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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 20:38:05 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Politicians and Union Leaders Take Aim at Verizon
Message-ID: <moereo$tsv$1@dont-email.me>
A group of elected officials joined members of the Communication Workers
of America union to call on the Public Service Commission, the board
that oversees the telecommunications industry, to conduct a sweeping
investigation of the impact of its past deregulation—but took special
aim Verizon, the telecommunications giant.
The ostensible purpose of the rally was to urge the PSC—a four-member
panel whose commissioners the governor picks and the State Senate
approves—to use an upcoming set of meetings to conduct an extensive
investigation into the effects of lifting penalties for poor customer
service on telephone landlines and other reductions in government
intervention. But most of the event singled out the company Verizon,
which has been the target of increasing criticism.
http://goo.gl/8HGJUj
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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 20:30:45 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Electrical workers at Verizon in RI, Mass. authorize strike
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BOSTON (AP) — Union officials say a group of Verizon employees in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have voted to authorize a strike if union
negotiators determine one is necessary after their contract expires Aug. 1.
Leaders of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said
Friday that union members in the two states voted overwhelming in favor
of authorizing a strike. Similar votes are planned over the next 10 days
by Verizon workers in the Communication Workers of America union.
http://goo.gl/5m6IOM
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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:05:48 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Centurylink asks to abandon TDM lines
Message-ID: <moet2o$28v$1@dont-email.me>
As CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) moves forward with its transition from legacy
TDM, the telco has asked the FCC in a new filing to grant requests to
discontinue TDM voice services in areas where consumers have alternative
services available.
These alternatives could include a mix of VoIP services from an
over-the-top provider such as Ooma or Vonage, or a 3G or 4G service from
a wireless operator.
http://goo.gl/HGkiBr
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| Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:00:20 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Centurylink faces fine for 911 outage in Washington state
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CenturyLink is facing $2.9 million in penalties for its responsibility
in a statewide 911 system outage earlier this year.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) began an
investigation after a statewide 911 outage severely disrupted emergency
services for six hours, beginning at midnight on April 9 and continuing
into the morning of April 10, 2014. All 6.9 million people living in
Washington lost 911 service during the outage, which affected 5,840 911
calls placed from landline, wireless and Internet-based telephones.
http://goo.gl/d46OeS
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