---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180122164619.GA4455@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:46:19 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: T-Mobile finally beats Verizon to become fastest 4G LTE network in U.S. By Raymond Wong T-Mobile has been crowned the top wireless network in the U.S., according to OpenSignal's "2018 State of Mobile Networks" report. The "uncarrier" blew past Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint in five out of six major metric tests, besting the competition on 4G download speed, 3G download speed, overall download speed, 3G latency, and 4G availability. The only metric T-Mobile didn't win was 4G latency; AT&T just beat it by a hair. http://mashable.com/2018/01/22/tmobile-rules-opensignal-report-2018/#I8q8AMFphkqj -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <988FEEAF-DC65-4095-89A2-9389113DDECC@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:50:41 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: FCC admits mobile can't replace home Internet, won't lower speed standard Pai offers no data for claim that Title II repeal boosts broadband construction. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission is making its latest determination of whether broadband is being deployed to all Americans quickly enough, and there are a few notable tidbits from what we know about the report so far. The FCC today released a fact sheet on the draft Broadband Progress Report and a statement by Chairman Ajit Pai, but not the actual draft report. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/fcc-admits-mobile-cant-replace-home-internet-wont-lower-speed-standard/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180122164359.GA4435@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:43:59 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon has a new plan to take on Google and Facebook - but it has to move fast By Mike Shields Oath promises it can help advertisers who are tired of the Google-Facebook duopoly by using its vast pool of data for ad targeting. And now it's getting more help in that fight. The Verizon-owned division - an amalgamation of digital media assets cobbled together from acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo over the past three years - has built a group of outside companies that have agreed to pool together data that can be used for ad targeting. http://www.businessinsider.com/verizons-oath-has-a-new-data-plan-to-take-on-google-and-facebook-2018-1 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 23 Jan 2018