---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190520132318.GA31870@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 13:23:18 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA calls for New Mexico authority to take action on CenturyLink's failure to maintain copper infrastructure The Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 7 filed comments with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission requesting the authority to take action on CenturyLink's failure to maintain copper infrastructure. CWA argued that CenturyLink's lack of investment, understaffing, and unreasonable metrics contributed to CenturyLink's failure to maintain its copper infrastructure. It also described the ways in which the company is jeopardizing service quality and posing significant safety hazards to utility employees and the public. The union urges the Commission to adopt strong quality of service and consumer protection rules to protect New Mexico customers' access to basic telecommunications services. https://www.telecompaper.com/news/cwa-calls-for-new-mexico-authority-to-take-action-on-centurylinks-failure-to-maintain-copper-infrastructure--1293440 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190520133130.GA31932@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 13:31:30 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC's Broadband Advisory Committee Names New Members Will hold first meeting next month By John Eggerton FCC chair Ajit Pai has named the new members of its re-chartered Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), which will hold its first meeting June 13. Related: Cities and Counties Seek Wider BDAC Representation The committee's charter is to come up with recommendations for accelerating high-speed broadband deployment, arguably the FCC's prime directive coupled with the race to 5G. https://www.multichannel.com/news/fccs-broadband-advisory-committee-names-new-members -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <AAF25F42-D56F-4F9A-A763-316F137EDE6F@roscom.com> Date: 19 May 2019 20:36:44 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: AT&T denies that selling phone location data was illegal as FCC investigates Carrier data sales ultimately leaked real-time locations of cell phone users. By Jon Brodkin AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have all told the Federal Communications Commission that they recently stopped selling their customers' phone location information to other companies. Sprint said it is phasing out the sales and will shut them down by the end of this month. The details came in letters to FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who had demanded an update on the carriers' sale of customers' real-time geolocation data. Rosenworcel released the carriers' responses yesterday. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/att-t-mobile-verizon-say-they-finally-stopped-selling-phone-location-data/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <03E7E4C4-2C5F-4E3F-9FA5-56BCE4288355@roscom.com> Date: 19 May 2019 19:59:48 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Ajit Pai proposes new rule that would allow carriers to block robocalls Ajit Pai proposes new rule that would allow carriers to block robocalls - "The American people are fed up with illegal robocalls" On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a new measure that would grant mobile phone carriers new abilities to block the growing number of unwanted robocalls. The new rule would make it easier for carriers, like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, to automatically register their customers for call-blocking technology. As of right now, customers have to opt-in on their own. It would also allow customers to block calls coming from phone numbers that are not on their contacts list. Commissioners are expected to vote on the measure at their June 6th meeting. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18624566/ajit-pai-fcc-call-blocking-robocalls-att-verizon-t-mobile ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 21 May 2019