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| Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:06:29 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon could soon regret its Net neutrality lawsuit
Message-ID: <m3mb5s$drv$1@dont-email.me>
When faced with possible 'hybrid' approach to Net neutrality, Verizon
looks back with fondness on the rules its own lawsuit overturned
Infoworld November 7 2014
by Caroline Craig
It looks very much like Verizon blinked in the game of chicken over Net
neutrality. Amid rumors that FCC head Tom Wheeler is leaning toward a
"hybrid" approach to regulation, Verizon this week pled the case for the
FCC sticking to Net neutrality rules based on Section 706 of the
Telecommunications Act -- the same act Verizon sued the agency for using
in 2011.
In the lawsuit that overturned the FCC's 2010 Open Internet Order,
Verizon argued that the agency didn't have authority under Section 706
to regulate for Net neutrality. While it may have seemed like a victory
when a federal appeals court in January struck down the restrictions on
discriminating against content over fixed broadband connections, that
win could end up backfiring on the telecom industry.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2844288/net-neutrality/verizon-could-regret-its-net-neutrality-lawsuit.html
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http://goo.gl/3FzDX2
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night.
We walked on frosted fields of juniper and lamplight,
I held your hand.
- Simon & Garfunkel
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| Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:58:41 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Words can barely describe how stupid Verizon thinks you are
Message-ID: <m3man7$c3s$1@dont-email.me>
We've often observed that Verizon, while offering terrific service and
coverage overall, does things that make it seem like it thinks very
little of its customers' intelligence. Ars Technica has noticed that
Verizon is once again behaving in a way that makes it seem that the
carrier thinks its own customers are just not all that bright.
Ars finds that Verizon has started asking its customers to send it their
own billing passwords over Twitter's direct messaging system, which
blatantly contradicts the carrier's own advice to users that they never
give out these passwords to anyone. This is particularly bad, writes
Ars, because Verizon isn't actually explaining to customers that their
billing password is different from the password that they use to log
into their main accounts, which means that customers who decide to
respond to Verizon's request could end up sending two different
passwords over Twitter DM.
http://bgr.com/2014/11/07/verizon-billing-password-twitter-dm/
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script.
Enter number two:
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me.
- Gordon Lightfoot
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| Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:22:42 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Do Bison Need More Bandwidth? Yellowstone And CenturyLink Think So
Message-ID: <m3mc49$guu$1@dont-email.me>
Yellowstone National Park is located in the Northwest portion of the
United States in the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. It was
established as a national park in 1872 by the US Congress and
President Ulysses Grant. The park is rich in wildlife, natural
resources and beautiful wonders. Bison roam free here as do wolves,
mountain lions, elk, moose, coyote, eagles and hundreds of other
wonderful creatures. I've had the pleasure of visiting Yellowstone
and taking in the immeasurable beauty that it offers. So why do
Yellowstone officials in conjunction with CenturyLink want to increase
bandwidth at the park? Are the Bison complaining they can't stream
Netflix properly?
http://techaeris.com/2014/11/03/bison-need-bandwidth-yellowstone-centurylink-think/
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http://goo.gl/Xnmgh9
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
- Pink Floyd
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| Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:54:26 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon and AT&T Are the Only Wireless Carriers Using "Perma-Cookies"
Message-ID: <m3maf9$bb9$1@dont-email.me>
It's called the "perma-cookie." As we told you last week, Verizon
Wireless has embraced this privacy-busting digital marker, which could
give marketers a way to track what you do online whether you want to be
tracked or not. Basically, the U.S. wireless carrier is slipping the
cookie onto the smartphones that tap the net via its celluar and data
network, and most phones owners don't realize it.
Privacy and networking experts really hate the thing - a little strings of
data that get inserted into our unencrypted web traffic - because it
undermines the way the internet is supposed to work and it wrest control
of our online experience away from us. It's viewable by any website you
visit, and it could be used by advertising networks to build elaborate
profiles of everything we do online.
http://www.wired.com/2014/11/permacookie-free/
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Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
- Brandi Carlile
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| Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:12:32 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Why your Verizon Cellular bill isn't going down
Message-ID: <m3mbh6$f2r$1@dont-email.me>
Generally speaking, it's a good time to be a cell phone user in the
U.S. Thanks in large part to T-Mobile's big Un-Carrier push, which
kicked off in earnest in early 2013, the domestic cellular industry
has gotten a lot more competitive recently as carriers wage a price
war and continue to add value to existing plans.
Not only are carriers and consumers quickly migrating away from the
traditional subsidy model in favor of installment plans, service prices
are also coming down in a big way. However, the largest carrier isn't
caving in to competitive pressures as readily as its smaller rivals.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/11/08/heres-why-your-verizon-cell-phone-bill-isnt-going.aspx
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http://goo.gl/Gjl4gq
--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
She said, I'm home on shore leave, Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass and forced her to agree
Saying, you must be the mermaid who took neptune for a ride.
But she smiled at me so sadly that my anger straightway died
- Procol Harum
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