---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <374db1ea-7770-4384-97ca-8f9fbc45de15@googlegroups.com> Date: 14 Jan 2019 11:48:42 -0800 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: EDITORIAL: The Mysteries of Rural Broadband, Part Four On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 4:40:01 PM UTC-5, Bill Horne wrote: > That's a disclaimer, because we're going to be talking some more about > broadband. Skywerx is one of three local Internet Service Providers > (ISPs) here in Archuleta County. The other two are USA Communications > and CenturyLink. In the old days, Bell and others sought to give good rural service. 100 years ago: https://books.google.com/books?id=HXnWXIl0XQkC&lpg=PA54&dq=boys%20life%20april%201917&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false 95 years ago: https://books.google.com/books?id=4IhZAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA30&dq=rural%20telephone%20service&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false 70 years ago https://books.google.com/books?id=a0YEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20jun%2028%2C%201948&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190114214221.GA17975@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:42:21 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Californians shocked state lawmakers were being schmoozed in Hawaii by utility execs as fires raged By Frieda Powers As wildfires raged in California last year, a group of lawmakers from the state were apparently off on a trip to Hawaii with utility companies. The nonprofit Independent Voter Project hosted the annual event in Maui in November as a dozen lawmakers - mostly Democrats - met with representatives from utility companies who lobbied for a bailout as they seek to raise electricity rates in an effort to offset financial costs due to the wildfires, according to The New York Times. ... Representatives from companies such as Facebook, Comcast, Amazon, PhRMA, Microsoft and Verizon as well as the National Education Association were among about 109 lobbyists and corporate executives named in a note welcoming attendees to the resort. https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/01/14/californians-shocked-state-lawmakers-were-being-schmoozed-in-hawaii-by-utility-execs-as-fires-raged-713678 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <60147c24027182632c6bdbc56a61942a.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: 14 Jan 2019 10:27:25 -0600 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: Possible Ramifications for TCPA After FCC Reclassification of Text Messages By Seth Williams, CommLawBlog, January 11, 2019 On December 12, the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC" or "Commission") three Republican Commissioners were in a self-congratulatory mood for standing with consumers against unwanted robotexts by classifying text messaging as a Title I service, but did the Commission's classifi- cation decision really mark a major TCPA victory for consumers? Probably not. As Sekoia Rogers detailed on CommLawBlog, the FCC's decision clarifies the regulatory classification of SMS and MMS messages under Title I of the Communications Act. Yet, instead of focusing on the legal or policy rationales for its classification decision the FCC chose to focus on the TCPA benefits of treating text messages as a Title I information service. So what does the Commission's decision accomplish from a TCPA standpoint? https://www.commlawblog.com/2019/01/articles/cellular/possible-ramifications-for-tcpa-after-fcc-reclassification-of-text-messages/?utm_source=Fletcher%2C+Heald+%26+Hildreth%2C+PLC+-+CommLawBlog&utm_campaign=abd1862774-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6cc65bf771-abd1862774-71094321 -or- https://tinyurl.com/4-71094321 Neal McLain Brazoria, Texas ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2283C156-88A6-4A39-AD68-66BDBC38F0A9@roscom.com> Date: 14 Jan 2019 08:56:49 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Poland Urges NATO Allies to Coordinate Against China Cybersecurity Challenges Poland Urges NATO Allies to Coordinate Against China Cybersecurity Challenges Interior minister echoes U.S. call to exclude Huawei and other Chinese hardware makers from their telecom systems after arrest of two men on charges of spying for Beijing https://www.wsj.com/articles/poland-urges-nato-allies-to-coordinate-against-china-security-challenges-11547408570 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 15 Jan 2019