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| Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 02:09:00 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Cellphone Ordinance Puts Berkeley at Forefront of Radiation Debate
Message-ID: <87ED56B4-585E-4F05-9ECD-72A04D05811E@roscom.com>
A city measure requiring retailers to warn cellphone customers about
radiation exposure is on hold pending a lawsuit from the wireless
industry.
http://goo.gl/lbShzf
***** Moderator's Note *****
Californication-department: the city council of Berserkeley, ever
hungry for attention and free ink, has once again illustrated that
there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Unless, of course, the Federal bureaucrats - who can spot a cut-rate
competitor a mile away - decide to slap down the local yokels.
Bill Horne
Moderator
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| Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:30:40 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: As strike looms, new app lets Verizon monitor union workers
Message-ID: <mou76n$85f$1@dont-email.me>
WASHINGTON - Continuing to prepare for a potential strike, Verizon
Communications has been distributing an app to its non-union employees
that will allow them to document bad behavior by union workers in the
event of a work stoppage.
The app is designed to allow the user to take a geotagged photo
documenting the time and location of the photo, and can then write a
brief incident report before forwarding the whole thing to Verizon
corporate security, which will maintain a database of such reports.
http://goo.gl/ILI5xn
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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| Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:40:43 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon phone service restored in Santa Monica
Message-ID: <mou7pn$aan$1@dont-email.me>
By Gregory J. Wilcox
About 87,000 Verizon phone lines in Santa Monica have been returned to
service after water damaged a call routing center, company spokesman Les
Kumagai said this morning.
Service was restored at 9:55 p.m. on Thursday, Kumagai said.
http://goo.gl/zXBcNk
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
You used to be so amused
At Napolean in rags and the language that he used
Go to him, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you've ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
- Bob Dylan
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| Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:54:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FCC approves AT&T, DirecTV deal, with conditions
Message-ID: <7ac29e17-b657-457d-b397-180f9c4e79e2@googlegroups.com>
By Jacob Pramukm CNBC, July 24, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved AT&T's $48.5 billion
purchase of DirecTV, which will create a telecom behemoth as consolidation
stirs across the industry.
The move will combine the nation's second-largest wireless carrier with its
biggest satellite television provider. The Justice Department already cleared
the deal, which will create a company with about 26 million cable and
satellite subscribers.
The purchase previously came under scrutiny for possibly reducing competition,
but the FCC determined it is "in the public interest." Under conditions of the
agreement, AT&T-DirecTV will be required to expand high-speed fiber optic
broadband access to 12.5 million customer locations and offer discounts to
low-income consumers.
"The conditions imposed by the commission address potential harms presented by
the combination of AT&T, one of the nation's largest telephone and Internet
service providers, and DirecTV, the nation's largest satellite video
provider," the agency said in a statement.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/24/fcc-approves-of-att-directv-deal-with-conditions.html
Neal McLain
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| Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:07:22 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T, CenturyLink, Verizon implement tools to battle robocalls
Message-ID: <mougck$auu$1@dont-email.me>
By Sean Buckley
AT&T, CenturyLink and Verizon are heeding requests from the FCC and a
coalition of 45 state attorneys to develop methods to block automated
telemarketing calls, otherwise known as robocalls, reports Bloomberg.
The group of state attorneys recently sent a letter to AT&T,
CenturyLink, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon asking them to implement
technology to stop robocalls to consumers.
http://goo.gl/tRvB4F
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
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