---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200729070455.GA14741@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:04:55 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon vs. AT&T vs. T-Mobile compared: How to pick the best 5G carrier for you By Morgan Sanders 5G in the US just got a big shakeup. Here's how to choose the best carrier now. Graphic by Pixabay/Illustration by CNET The coronavirus pandemic may be pumping the brakes on phone sales, but 5G development is still speeding along. Despite an onslaught of conspiracy theories that have resulted in physical damage to 5G towers, the major US carriers - Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile - continue to add new 5G phones and expand their networks. One carrier, however, is conspicuously absent. Sprint is now out of the running, with the Big Four becoming the Big Three now that T-Mobile has closed its mega-merger and is bringing Sprint customers into the fold. Sprint's original 5G network is getting shut down, with T-Mobile relaunching it to work better with its existing 5G networks. While that spells stronger future performance, it also means 2019 Sprint 5G devices will lose their 5G access. https://tinyurl.com/y2msay98 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200729071217.GA14823@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 07:12:17 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon wins summary judgement in patent dispute You Can't Clasp That: Judge Schofield Finds No Infringement Under Doctrine of Equivalents Due To Prosecution History Estoppel By Lewis Popovski & George Soussou On July 16, 2020, United States District Court Judge Lorna G. Schofield granted summary judgment of non-infringement for Defendant Verizon Services Corp ("Verizon"). Pro se plaintiff Chikezie Ottah ("Ottah") sued Verizon for patent infringement, alleging that Verizon's Jotto Desk Universal Laptop Mount ("the Accused Product") infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,152,840 ("the '840 patent"). https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/you-can-t-clasp-that-judge-schofield-19457/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAH8yC8k1+feFboNB=mOkoqp18F9a2ei56vK_03kmGkGTQ4osoA@mail.gmail.com> Date: 28 Jul 2020 11:53:45 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com> Subject: FTC changes access to Do Not Call (DNC) Reported Calls Data Hi Everyone, I have a call blocking program like most of the others. Mine is a little different because in addition to blocking unwanted calls, it also files Unlawful Call Center (UCC) complaints, and Federal Trade Commision (FTC) complaints. The FTC complaints are filed using Chrome Browser, Python, Selenium and WebDriver. The reported call data is available at https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/open-government/data-sets/do-not-call-data. The data can be downloaded and used to block calls that evade local detection. The FTC used to provide a CSV file on a daily basis. It is now available through a web API that requires a key. It appears the FTC has placed barriers to impede the dissemination of the information. Jeff ***** Moderator's Note ***** The FTC web site directs visitors to an application page in order to obtain an API key. I had to give my name and email address, and the key arrived in a few minutes. However, queries done using the example given by the FTC consistently returned "403 Forbidden Request forbidden by administrative rules". If you know how to access the FTC API, please help the rest of us. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <82828ceb-0296-b9c3-e1da-26d40c3373d5@att.net> Date: 28 Jul 2020 20:56:15 -0700 From: "John David Galt" <jdgalt@att.net> Subject: Re: Comcast box outside house > I don't know how long Google keeps it, so I copied it for > posterity: I swear to Ghod it looks EXACTLY like the original. > > http://telecom-digest.org/from-cache.html Yup, it does look exactly like the original: a wall of text with no picture of any kind and not even any paragraph breaks. (Firefox 61.0.1 on Linux, if that helps any.) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 30 Jul 2020