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The Telecom Digest for Sun, 12 Jul 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 176 : "text" format

table of contents
Re: Are there any payphones left?
Democratic Senators Demand Answers from AT&T on Job Cuts
Supreme Court will hear Facebook robocalling case
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <XnsABF4EA73C4F37hueydlltampabayrrcom@46.165.242.75> Date: 9 Jul 2020 03:02:52 +0000 From: "David LaRue" <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: Re: Are there any payphones left? My family took a cross country trip to camp with friends. There is still an active phonebooth in Lanesboro, Minnesota, in the center of town. The small town is popular with tourists. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200711031828.GA11227@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2020 03:18:28 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Democratic Senators Demand Answers from AT&T on Job Cuts Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with seven other senate Democrats, sent a letter to AT&T CEO John Stankey to demand answers about AT&T's recently announced job cuts affecting more than 3,400 union-represented wireline technician and clerical jobs and 1,300 retail jobs at 250 AT&T Mobility and Cricket Wireless stores. The letter was also signed by Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.). https://cwa-union.org/news/democratic-senators-demand-answers-att-on-job-cuts -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CC0D63D6-0A23-4F2F-8022-6551C5167F2A@roscom.com> Date: 10 Jul 2020 23:04:14 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Supreme Court will hear Facebook robocalling case Supreme Court will hear Facebook robocalling case The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Facebook's defense after an appeals court determined it violated anti-robocalling rules. The court will examine whether Facebook's automated alert texts count as an "automatic telephone dialing system," [hopefully] establishing a clearer definition of illegal phone spam. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/10/21320184/supreme-court-facebook-duguid-robocall-tcpa-class-action-lawsuit ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 12 Jul 2020
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