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The Telecom Digest for June 09, 2011
Volume 30 : Issue 146 : "text" Format
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Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 18:06:38 -0500
From: John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Plumbers and other artisans
Message-ID: <BANLkTimOagRPBS74D7QmBAVQToRNmsXPTA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Arthur Shapiro <art.shapiro@unisys.com> wr
ote:
> I once had my plumber in the middle of a cashectomy at my home, and
> overheard him on a cellular phone call to his auto
> mechanic. Apparently he needed major engine work performed on the
> plumbing van. Â "HOW MUCH?!!!", etc., etc. I imagine there's some
> sort of pyramid in the skilled trades; I wonder who's the top
> banana.
Which is why I troubleshoot as much as possible before calling anyone
so I can tell them what's wrong (assuming I haven't fixed it by that
point). I can't say for certain, but I really think when I tell the
technician/mechanic exactly what's going on using the correct terms
for the various thingamajigs, they decide they can't fleece me.
To keep this telecom related in 1995 BellSouth installed phone service
to my house. The static was horrendous. They came out, claimed to
have fixed it, but didn't. Finally I went out, fixed it myself, and
then called them offering to let their techs know how to fix a
static-filled line.
--
John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
Austin, Texas, USA
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:37:15 -0400
From: tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Plumbers and other artisans
Message-ID: <op.vwrsodmtitl47o@acer250.gateway.2wire.net>
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:06:38 -0400, John Mayson <john@mayson.us> wrote:
> ... in 1995 BellSouth installed phone service
> to my house. The static was horrendous. They came out, claimed to
> have fixed it, but didn't. Finally I went out, fixed it myself, and
> then called them offering to let their techs know how to fix a
> static-filled line.
You mean you actually spliced in a replacement for the part of the line
that the squirrels had chewed half-way through? That's what makes for
static on my line, anyway, roughly once every 3-5 years.
Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:46:21 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Financial Times Introduces Web App in Effort to Bypass Apple
Message-ID: <p06240827ca14689abe63@[192.168.182.16]>
Financial Times Introduces Web App in Effort to Bypass Apple
By ERIC PFANNER
June 7, 2011
PARIS - The Financial Times on Tuesday introduced a mobile Web
application aimed at luring readers away from Apple's iTunes App
Store, throwing down the gauntlet over new business conditions that
Apple is set to impose on publishers who sell digital subscriptions
via iTunes.
A number of publishers have expressed their displeasure with Apple's
plan to retain 30 percent of the revenue from subscriptions sold on
iTunes, and to keep customer data from such sales, beginning at the
end of June. At the same time, mobile applications are a fast-growing
source of new readers and revenue, so publishers have been reluctant
to pull their applications from the iTunes store.
The Financial Times, the British daily, has tried to get around this
problem by designing a new app that includes much of the
functionality of an iPad or iPhone application, while residing on the
open Web. It employs a new Web technology standard called HTML5,
which allows programmers to create a single application that can run
on a variety of devices, including Apple's iPhone and iPad, Google's
Android system and the BlackBerry PlayBook, although the new app does
not work on some versions of the devices.
The Financial Times said it would encourage users of its iPad and
iPhone applications to migrate to the new app. It said it did not
plan to comply with Apple's proposed conditions, even if that meant
Apple removed the existing applications from iTunes.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/technology/08ftapp.html
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:26:55 -0700
From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Financial Times Introduces Web App in Effort to Bypass Apple
Message-ID: <siegman-A10ECA.09265508062011@sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>
In article <p06240827ca14689abe63@[192.168.182.16]>,
Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> wrote:
>
> Financial Times Introduces Web App in Effort to Bypass Apple
>
> By ERIC PFANNER
> June 7, 2011
>
Thank god for some fightback against Apple's accelerating App-store
aggrandizement!
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:39:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: "D. W." <indianut@gmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Does FiOS support rotary phones?
Message-ID: <af780753-7c0e-49c4-aa26-d668215fee3f@l18g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
My Rotary Phones work just fine with the FIOS Service!
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:36 +0100
From: Stephen <stephen_hope@xyzworld.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Caller Pays vs. Called Party Pays (was Re: DSL Reports: AT&T Caps Have Arrived)
Message-ID: <cabtu6hu9lt72ge9jo5roa8q4duhcmpkvo@4ax.com>
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:17:38 -0400, "Pete Cresswell"
<x@y.Invalid.telecom-digest.org> wrote:
>Per Stephen:
>>- it make free call, geographic independent numbers and low cost call
>>services more common here.
>
>- It would mean the end of the spam/telephone solicitor calls
> that my cell phone has been getting more and more of as
> the bottom feeders move offshore and hide behind VOIP
> providers.
Nope
even with cheap labour it looks like the telephony charges are only a
small part of the running costs - otherwise i would not get so many
spam calls.....
--
Regards
stephen_hope@xyzworld.com - replace xyz with ntl
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:12:48 -0500
From: John Mayson <john@mayson.us>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T's de la Vega says making a smaller SIM card is a 'no brainer'
Message-ID: <BANLkTin15=D2F7KqVv1yfHsBdfYj0O_HwQ@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/atts-de-la-vega-says-making-smaller-sim-card-no-brainer/2011-06-06
"AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) is willing to work with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
and other industry players to develop a smaller standardized SIM card,
a proposal Apple put forward last month.
During an interview with AllThingsD following his appearance last week
at the D9 event, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets CEO Ralph de la
Vega said that AT&T thinks that making the card smaller "is a
no-brainer" and he believes that will happen."
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