---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200615185330.GA31807@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:53:30 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: OR: Advisory: Widespread phone outage affects Adventist Health, 911 Adventist Health is affected by the local phone outage. ... 911 is also down. You can use text to 911 if necessary or you can go to your local Fire District to report an emergency. (As of June 16, 2020 at 0824 AM EDT, the link is a 404. There are multiple google hits on the subject line, but the publisher doesn't have the story online anymore. -Mod) -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200615185650.GA31830@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:56:50 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Disconnected in isolation: How the coronavirus pandemic shed light on the digital divide By Mike Siegel When Daria Smith moved to South Seattle, she wasn't planning to get the internet any time soon. It's expensive, and she had other, more pressing bills to pay. But her priorities shifted after the Auburn School District sent her son and daughter, ages 14 and 13, home in the middle of March because of the coronavirus pandemic. https://azdailysun.com/business/national-and-international/disconnected-in-isolation-how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-shed-light-on-the-digital-divide/article_10298db5-2961-5995-bb34-3b3867f777b6.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200615190054.GA31853@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:00:54 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon's Fee Suit Against Rochester, N.Y. Gets Green Light By Peter Hayes Verizon Wireless may proceed with claims that the Rochester, N.Y., telecommunications code violates federal law because the company sufficiently alleged the code imposes unreasonable and discriminatory costs, the Western District of New York found. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/verizons-fee-suit-against-rochester-n-y-gets-green-light -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200615200154.GA32246@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:01:54 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CWA Members Ratify New Contract With AT&T West CWA District 9 members voted last week to ratify a new four-year contract with AT&T West. The CWA AT&T West contract covers technicians, call center customer support workers, and administrative staff in California and Nevada. The contract includes pay raises, affordable healthcare, and increased pension benefits. It also maintains existing job offer guarantee provisions in the event of layoffs. https://cwa-union.org/news/e-newsletter/2020-06-04 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 16 Jun 2020