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The Telecom Digest for January 21, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 15 : "text" Format
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:21:22 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Congression Internet Cauces discussion about Network Neutrality
Message-ID: <lbkei2$l6l$1@dont-email.me>
I recommend this webcast as a good discussion of the Network Neutrality
issue.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/317269-1
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
Wheel gull, spin and glide
You've got no place to hide
That's because you don't need one
- David Crosby
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:55:47 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: AT&T's Sponsored Data is bad for the internet, the economy, and you
Message-ID: <lbkgil$v76$1@dont-email.me>
AT&T's Sponsored Data is bad for the internet, the economy, and you
Another brick in the wall
By Nilay Patel
AT&T today announced a new "Sponsored Data" program that lets developers
and brands pay to deliver content to your mobile device outside of your
data caps. It sounds great for consumers on its face -- you'll be able to
get more stuff without paying for it! -- but in reality it's a huge blow
to the free and vibrant market of the internet economy, and the first
step towards a new era of carrier control.
Here's just a simple example: right now you can rent Elysium from both
Apple and Google for $4.99. In addition to the amount you'll pay to rent
the movie, streaming that movie over mobile broadband will also
obviously count against your data plan, an additional cost that you pay
monthly to carriers like AT&T. Sponsored Data allows companies to
eliminate that extra charge by paying AT&T directly, so if Apple wanted
to stick it to Google, it could subsidize Elysium rentals and advertise
that renting the movie from iTunes won't hit your data cap.
Rest at:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/6/5280566/att-sponsored-data-bad-for-the-internet-the-economy-and-you
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http://goo.gl/OerQsD
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
Getting home and taking off his shoes he settles down with the evening news,
While the kids do homework with the TV in one ear
While Superman for the thousandth time sells talking dolls and conquers crime
Dutifully they learn the date of birth of Paul Revere.
- Bill Steele
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:48:36 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Hepting v. AT&T
Message-ID: <lbkg55$t6f$1@dont-email.me>
Hepting v. AT&T
Electronic Frontier Foundation
In Hepting v. AT&T, EFF sued the telecommunications giant on behalf of
its customers for violating privacy law by collaborating with the NSA in
the massive, illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans'
communications.
Evidence in the case included undisputed evidence provided by former
AT&T telecommunications technician Mark Klein showing AT&T has routed
copies of Internet traffic to a secret room in San Francisco controlled
by the NSA.
Rest at:
https://www.eff.org/cases/hepting
Bill
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Bill Horne
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Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of kingdom and Pope
- John Kay
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:40:53 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: CenturyLink to Expand Internet Service in Stanardsville Area
Message-ID: <lbkfmn$r08$1@dont-email.me>
CenturyLink, Inc. announces it is expanding its high-speed Internet
(HSI) service to residences and businesses in Stanardsville.
The company is working with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
and its Connect America Fund (CAF) to help expand broadband availability
to the area.
Rest at:
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/CenturyLink-to-Expand-Internet-Service-in-Stanardsville-Area-241177041.html
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http://goo.gl/K2GQRO
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
Oh this ol' hotel's all right with me
They pay the postage if you lose the key
This hotel room's gotta lot of stuff
But I do believe I've had enough
- Steve Goodman
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:37:01 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Super Bowl 2014: Verizon, AT&T upgrade networks at MetLife Stadium to meet digital demand
Message-ID: <lbkfff$pv5$1@dont-email.me>
Super Bowl 2014: Verizon, AT&T upgrade networks at MetLife Stadium to
meet digital demand
By Alexi Friedman/The Star-Ledger
Whether it's the exact moment of kickoff, or when Bruno Mars takes the
stage at half-time or perhaps a Tom or Peyton game-winning touchdown
toss, thousands of Super Bowl fans huddled inside MetLife Stadium will
capture the moment on their smart phones.
Rest at:
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2014/01/verizon_super_bowl_2014_broadband_internet_metlife.html
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http://goo.gl/v6oIaW
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
But someday we'll grow older, as most people do,
We'll look up at the sky and the stars and they're no longer new.
So we'll have to ask somebody little, like you,
Tell me, what do you make of the stars?
- Tim Mayor
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:30:46 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon cuts early cellphone upgrade to 30 days from six months
Message-ID: <lbkf3o$obf$1@dont-email.me>
Verizon cuts early cellphone upgrade to 30 days from six months
Julianne Pepitone, NBC News
Verizon's early-upgrade program will now allow phone trade-ins after
just 30 days - but customers are still on the hook for 50 percent of the
phone's full retail price.
As first reported by tech blog CNET, Verizon quietly made the changes to
its "Edge" early-upgrade program over the weekend. Verizon unveiled Edge
last summer, and at that time, the company allowed trade-ins after six
months.
Rest at:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/verizon-cuts-early-upgrade-time-30-days-six-months-2D11958371
-or-
http://goo.gl/18DVq4
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
She was as pretty as a dream, the most amazing girl I've ever seen
But not did just she look good, she made me free,
She said you belong with me and I won't see your spirit in shackles
- Ben Taylor
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