---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180725211032.GA7102@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:10:32 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Advocates urge FCC to Reject Prison Phone Co. Merger Law360 (July 19, 2018) -- Legal reform and human rights advocates have called on the Federal Communications Commission to refuse prominent prison-phone operator Securus Technologies Inc.'s bid to buy a competitor, arguing that the company has a shaky track record and will have a monopoly over the industry. https://www.law360.com/telecom/articles/1064776/advocates-urge-fcc-to-reject-prison-phone-co-merger?nl_pk=f21e3e20-c2d8-490d-899f-1e657ec763e0&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=telecom -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180727040856.GA12021@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:08:56 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Land line service restored to Castle Creek residents who live in cell-free zone By Madeleine Osberger Crews installing a fiber optic line Tuesday afternoon knocked out land line phone service to the majority of the Castle Creek Valley, though service was believed to have fully been restored by Thursday afternoon, said Pitkin County Engineer GF Fielding. The area is not served by cell service, with satellite internet as that valley's only other option, Fielding said contractor Sturgeon Electric - which was responsible for the severed lines while doing work for Pathfinder LLC, the locally based internet service provider created to provide fiber-optic broadband service to the Castle Creek Valley - made its priority restoration of the land lines before continuing work on the fiber optic lines. https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/land-line-service-restored-to-castle-creek-residents-who-live/article_ddaea228-9137-11e8-8b32-6b7f0d1039d5.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180727040439.GA11999@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:04:39 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Rep. Brian King looks to restore net neutrality standards in Utah By James Hoyt State Rep. Brian S. King (D-Salt Lake) is crafting legislation that would require internet service providers that do business with state and local agencies to adhere to the net neutrality guidelines that were in place before Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai dismantled them last year. Proponents of net neutrality - which includes 80 percent of respondents in one national poll from 2017 - say Pai's rules enable large ISPs to choke out smaller competition and will allow them to control how content is served up to internet users in the future. In response, providers have said they "have committed to no blocking, no throttling and no anticompetitive prioritization," according to an emailed statement from the Utah Cable and Telecommunications Association. https://www.parkrecord.com/news/rep-brian-king-looks-to-restore-net-neutrality-standards-in-utah/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 28 Jul 2018