---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190718144801.GA32120@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:48:01 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink under state investigation after hundreds of complaints By Cody Nelson The Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety is investigating CenturyLink over hundreds of complaints that the utility failed to respond to requests to locate underground cabling. CenturyLink faces more than $780,000 in fines for its alleged viola- tions of a law intended to protect the safety people and utility in- frastructure, according to a state Office of Administrative Hearings document. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/07/17/centurylink-under-state-investigation-after-hundreds-of-complaints -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190718145614.GA32209@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:56:14 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: New ways AT&T, Sprint, Verizon & T-Mobile are taking on robocalls By Janet Perez In the ongoing battle against robocalls, mobile phone carriers are trying to strengthen changes to their devices to help consumers stop the assaults. Usually to no avail. A crucial step in this process was a decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that now allows mobile carriers to block robocalls without having to first get permission from users. Changes range from placing blocking defaults on phones to services that allow users to separate the calls they need from the nuisances. Some carriers are also dipping their toes into the protocol nicknamed SHAKEN/STIR that can verify the legitimacy of a number through a digital signature. https://www.komando.com/tips/580274/new-ways-att-sprint-verizon-t-mobile-are-taking-on-robocalls -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <qgph93$lgn$1@shakotay.alphanet.ch> Date: 18 Jul 2019 12:22:27 +0200 From: "Marc SCHAEFER" <schaefer@alphanet.ch> Subject: Re: EU "Galileo" GPS system remains down Danny Burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote: > lots of telecom gear. I don't know if the Galileo > system has similar subscribers. "Galileo started offering Early Operational Capability (EOC) on 15 December 2016, providing initial services with a weak signal, and is expected to reach Full Operational Capability (FOC) in 2019.[11] The complete 30-satellite Galileo system (24 operational and 6 active spares) is expected by 2020." To the best of my knowledge, it is not operationnal yet. source: Wikipedia ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 19 Jul 2019