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Message-ID: <sympa.1659493289.1624.730@telecom-digest.org> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 22:28:28 -0400 From: "Telecom Digest Moderator" <moder8@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Subject: I'm still trying to reconnect with the Telecom Digest server Thanks for reading this, and thanks for your patience while I try various solutions to the problem. I'm still unable to use ssh to log in to the Telecom Digest server: ssh traffic has been blocked ever since a new owner took over the Cable TV company in my town. If you are, or know someone who is, an expert on Protonvpn setups, please send me a reply off-line, to malassimilation at gmail. I'm trying to get prontonvpn to carry port 22 traffic around the blockage, but so far without success. Thanks for your help. BIll Horne 536-0264 in the west North Carolina area code.

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Message-ID: <c00cc22d-7bab-4160-915f-2e82e17f1e28@kesters.org> Date: 2 Aug 2022 17:02:16 -0400 From: OldBob@Kesters.org Subject: Re: I am working to restore my access to the Telecom Digest Bill... Can your problem be the new ISP is blocking most inbound ports? Not sure just how SSH works, but I recently ran into something that made me do some head-scratching. I changed from Spectrum to a local company that provides fiber to the house. Before the change, I was getting probes coming in on an average of one every 8.5 seconds. After the change to the new ISP, that dropped down to zero. Whatever they were doing in handing out IP addresses, it was just like I was sitting behind a router, and only responses to outbound requests were permitted in. So, all the continuous probes were getting blocked. I had considered going with a VPN -- that might be an option for you. In my case, I went for a fixed IP address (an extra charge item) and now all the probes are back. And, again, people can connect in to my router, and beyond if need be. Sorry about the top posting. But you know what you wrote, so I will leave it in below. ...Bob -- Growing old beats the alternative of dying young. ***** Moderator's Note ***** Well, I know what I wrote, but most folks will have already seen it, so I took out the quoted part. Bill Horne Moderator

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Message-ID: <20220731144621.021a15b7@ryz> Date: 31 Jul 2022 14:46:21 +0200 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Re: When will 4G be Obsolete? Am Donnerstag, 28. Juli 2022, um 07:17:48 Uhr schrieb Fred Atkinson: > It is my understanding that 3G goes away completely at the end of this > year. Some carriers won't create a new account for a 3G +phone at > present [if my research is correct, of course]. Verizon customer > service could not tell me about when 4G would no longer be supported. > They had no idea. It depends on the country, but many providers already ceased 3G or plan to do that in the near future. In Germany 3G is history. 4G and 5G will stay because it is still very widely in use and most devices support it.

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Message-ID: <20220731144436.3f43a424@ryz> Date: 31 Jul 2022 14:44:36 +0200 From: "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> Subject: Re: Vodafone & Deutsche Telekom to introduce persistent user tracking Am Montag, 25. Juli 2022, um 08:05:51 Uhr schrieb Monty Solomon: > They have recently started a trial to test new ways of marketing > customer data in collaboration with Trustpid. It is really nasty what they do, I hope they will fail with that.

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