Message-ID: <ca437f75-6294-82df-d4c8-e7d91a770684@panix.com>
Date: 18 Jun 2021 15:42:48 -0400
From: "David" <wb8foz@panix.com>
Subject: Ohio Legislature seeks to ban municipal broadband
Ohio's Republican-controlled legislature is on the verge of imposing a
state law to dramatically restrict the rights of cities and towns to
build and operate municipal broadband networks.
The Ohio Senate on June 9 approved a budget bill that contains an
anti-municipal broadband amendment. It's not a done deal yet, and
advocates for public networks are urging the legislature to strip the
amendment from the final budget. The budget bill is expected to be
hammered out within the next two weeks.
If passed, the proposed law could kill existing broadband services and
prevent new ones from being deployed. There are reportedly 30 or more
municipal broadband providers in Ohio that "would not be allowed to
operate so long as there is a private-sector company operating in the
area, as there are in most, if not all of the cities."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/ohio-republicans-close-to-imposing-near-total-ban-on-municipal-broadband/
Message-ID: <20210619150949.8C6DA817@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 15:09:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: How To Cancel Verizon Phone Service & Tips To Know
Canceling Verizon isn't the most difficult thing in the world, but
there are some tips you should know before picking up the phone. Let's
dive in.
By Joseph Maring
Verizon provides some of the most reliable wireless coverage for
smartphones, but it's also the most costly carrier in the United
States. If Verizon's plans have gotten too expensive, someone isn't
happy with the service, or anything else in between, knowing how to
cancel a subscription with the company and move on to something else
is a must.
https://screenrant.com/verizon-phone-service-cancel-how-tips-easy/
Message-ID: <20210619151337.7220D817@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 15:13:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: AT&T, Verizon are still using spectrum tied to Dish for
COVID-19 traffic spikes
By Mike Dano
Coronavirus vaccination rates are slowly but steadily rising in most
parts of the US. Disneyland is fully open. Guns 'N Roses is back on
tour.
But AT&T and Verizon are still citing the COVID-19 pandemic, and
possible mobile network traffic spikes resulting from working and
schooling from home, as the reasons they need access to additional
spectrum from the FCC.
https://www.lightreading.com/5g/atandt-verizon-are-still-using-spectrum-tied-to-dish-for-covid-19-traffic-spikes/d/d-id/770331?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT
Message-ID: <F5B7CC36-15E5-4A5D-B679-E97F94C97528@mishmash.com>
Date: 19 Jun 2021 08:16:10 -0700
From: "Fred Atkinson" <fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com>
Subject: VOIP Issue
I have been having a rather severe issue with my VOIP service for
quite some time (months). My VOIP provider is not willing to go the distance
to help me resolve it. I have had cases open with my VOIP provider, the
equipment vendor of the VOIP hardware that I use, and the technical support
for the router that I use at home (the router is not intended for residential
service. It is something that would be used by a small to mid-sized business
and is quite configurable].
Everyone is pointing the finger elsewhere. No one is owning the
problem.
I did get the router support to agree to a phone meet with my VOIP
provider. But the VOIP provider is refusing to participate. This was a very
effective means of resolving these issues [that I used when I worked with
other vendors] when I worked on MCI WATS and data lines. We always resolved
the issue this way. It certainly was better than each player denying the
problem was theirs and pointing to another player.
Nothing is more frustrating to a customer than the the finger pointing
scenario.
The audio quality is fine [once we can finally hear each other].
The issue is that [when I answer an incoming call on one of my VOIP
extensions] it takes fifteen to twenty seconds after I answer before I can
hear the calling party. When this happens, the other extensions keep ringing
[even though I have answered the incoming call] until I can hear the caller.
The same is true when I make an outgoing call, it is fifteen to twenty
seconds after the called party answers before they can hear me.
Often, the caller or the called party hangs up before the
conversation can begin.
Does anyone have another suggestion as to how I might be able to
resolve this issue?
Regards,
Fred
