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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:55:15 +0000 (UTC)
From: richgr@panix.com (Rich Greenberg)
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Caller ID numbers that start with '1'
Message-ID: <l2sbmj$nq7$1@reader1.panix.com>
In article <002001cec234$8e5cafd0$ab160f70$@nc.rr.com>,
Bob Goudreau <BobGoudreau@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>Lately, I've been having numbers show up on my cell phone's caller
>>>ID where the local exchange begins with 1. I thought 1, when it is
>>>used as the first digit in a phone number in the NANP denotes that
>>>the digits that follow are to be routed long distance. Has this
>>>changed?
>
>>...
>>I've noticed the same thing, that CLID often has the leading 1, which
>>makes sense since on calls from other countries, it starts with
>>whatever the country code is, like 44 for calls from the UK. My
>>telco also sometimes sends CLID that starts 1011-1NXX and is
>>truncated, which I think is just a bug in the switch programming.
>
>That's not quite how I read his post. From "the local exchange begins
>with 1", I thought he was saying that the calling number displays as
>NXX-1XX-XXXX instead of the expected NXX-NXX-XXXX. If so, I it could
>just as well be Caller ID spoofing by a junk caller.
Teleslime with the right equipment can send whatever CID they like.
For example, a few days ago I got a call where my CID showed
"123 456 7809". I didn't answer and it hung up on my answering
machine.
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Rich Greenberg Sarasota, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 941 378 2097
Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67
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Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 22:56:52 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: And Then Steve Said, 'Let There Be an iPhone'
Message-ID: <p06240815ce77d1de8739@[10.0.1.2]>
And Then Steve Said, 'Let There Be an iPhone'
By FRED VOGELSTEIN
October 4, 2013
The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the
nicest commutes anywhere. The journey mostly zips along the Junipero
Serra Freeway, a grand and remarkably empty highway that abuts the
east side of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is one of the best places
in Silicon Valley to spot a start-up tycoon speed-testing his Ferrari
and one of the worst places for cellphone reception. For Andy
Grignon, it was therefore the perfect place for him to be alone with
his thoughts early on Jan. 8, 2007.
This wasn't Grignon's typical route to work. He was a senior engineer
at Apple in Cupertino, the town just west of Campbell. His morning
drive typically covered seven miles and took exactly 15 minutes. But
today was different. He was going to watch his boss, Steve Jobs, make
history at the Macworld trade show in San Francisco. Apple fans had
for years begged Jobs to put a cellphone inside their iPods so they
could stop carrying two devices in their pockets. Jobs was about to
fulfill that wish. Grignon and some colleagues would spend the night
at a nearby hotel, and around 10 a.m. the following day they - along
with the rest of the world - would watch Jobs unveil the first iPhone.
But as Grignon drove north, he didn't feel excited. He felt
terrified. Most onstage product demonstrations in Silicon Valley are
canned. The thinking goes, why let bad Internet or cellphone
connections ruin an otherwise good presentation? But Jobs insisted on
live presentations. It was one of the things that made them so
captivating. Part of his legend was that noticeable product-demo
glitches almost never happened. But for those in the background, like
Grignon, few parts of the job caused more stress.
Grignon was the senior manager in charge of all the radios in the
iPhone. This is a big job. Cellphones do innumerable useful things
for us today, but at their most basic, they are fancy two-way radios.
Grignon was in charge of the equipment that allowed the phone to be a
phone. If the device didn't make calls, or didn't connect with
Bluetooth headsets or Wi-Fi setups, Grignon had to answer for it. As
one of the iPhone's earliest engineers, he'd dedicated two and a half
years of his life - often seven days a week - to the project.
Grignon had been part of the iPhone rehearsal team at Apple and later
at the presentation site in San Francisco's Moscone Center. He had
rarely seen Jobs make it all the way through his 90-minute show
without a glitch. Jobs had been practicing for five days, yet even on
the last day of rehearsals the iPhone was still randomly dropping
calls, losing its Internet connection, freezing or simply shutting
down.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/and-then-steve-said-let-there-be-an-iphone.html?pagewanted=all
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:38:14 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Why you can't stop checking your phone
Message-ID: <p0624081ace77d5c17090@[10.0.1.2]>
Why you can't stop checking your phone
To fight texting and driving means confronting a bigger problem, say
experts: our technology is reprogramming us.
By Leon Neyfakh | GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 06, 2013
DRIVE FOR LONG ENOUGH in America, and you're bound to see someone
texting behind the wheel. Maybe it'll be the guy ahead of you, his
head bobbing up and down as he tries to balance his attention between
his screen and his windshield. Or maybe it'll be the woman weaving
into your lane, thumbing at her phone while she holds it above the
dashboard. Maybe it'll be you.
A recent study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute showed
that drivers who are texting are twice as likely to crash, or almost
crash, as those who are focused on the road. It's a disturbingly
common habit: According to a survey analyzed by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one-third of American adults
had e-mailed or texted on their phones while driving at least once
during the previous month. And while most get away with it unscathed,
many do not. The National Safety Council estimates that 213,000 car
crashes in the United States in 2011 involved drivers who were
texting, up from 160,000 the year before.
...
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/10/06/why-you-can-stop-checking-your-phone/rrBJzyBGDAr1YlEH5JQDcM/story.html?s_campaign=8315
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 11:58:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mark Smith <marklsmith@yahoo.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Caller ID numbers that start with '1'
Message-ID: <1381085892.37060.YahooMailNeo@web122304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
> That's not quite how I read his post. From "the local exchange begins
> with 1", I thought he was saying that the calling number displays as
> NXX-1XX-XXXX instead of the expected NXX-NXX-XXXX. If so, I it could
> just as well be Caller ID spoofing by a junk caller.
> Bob Goudreau
> Cary, NC
But if it's an area where 1 is not required for long distance, can
1XX-XXXX be used?
Mark L.
Smith
marklsmith@yahoo.com
http://smith.freehosting.net
Http://marksfolkmusicphotos.shutterfly.com
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:45:54 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Who's Not Online and Why
Message-ID: <p0624081cce7878aa9f6d@[10.0.1.2]>
Who's Not Online and Why
Sep 25, 2013
by Kathryn Zickuhr
OVERVIEW
As of May 2013, 15% of American adults ages 18 and older do not use
the internet or email.
Asked why they do not use the internet:
* 34% of non-internet users think the internet is just not relevant
to them, saying they are not interested, do not want to use it, or
have no need for it.
* 32% of non-internet users cite reasons tied to their sense that
the internet is not very easy to use. These non-users say it is
difficult or frustrating to go online, they are physically unable, or
they are worried about other issues such as spam, spyware, and
hackers. This figure is considerably higher than in earlier surveys.
* 19% of non-internet users cite the expense of owning a computer or
paying for an internet connection.
* 7% of non-users cited a physical lack of availability or access to
the internet.
Even among the 85% of adults who do go online, experiences connecting
to the internet may vary widely. For instance, even though 76% of
adults use the internet at home, 9% of adults use the internet but
lack home access. These internet users cite many reasons for not
having internet connections at home, most often relating to issues of
affordability-some 42% mention financial issues such as not having a
computer, or having a cheaper option outside the home.
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Non-internet-users.aspx
Summary of Findings
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Non-internet-users/Summary-of-Findings.aspx?view=all
Main Report
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Non-internet-users/Main-Report/Offline-Adults.aspx
http://pewinternet.org/~/media/
/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_Offline%20adults_092513_PDF.pdf
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:48:07 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Cell Phone Activities 2013
Message-ID: <p0624081dce7879bfe051@[10.0.1.2]>
Cell Phone Activities 2013
by Maeve Duggan
Sep 19, 2013
OVERVIEW
Fully 91% of American adults own a cell phone and many use the
devices for much more than phone calls. In our most recent nationally
representative survey, we checked in on some of the most popular
activities people perform on their cell phones and found:
* 81% of cell phone owners send or receive text messages
* 60% of cell phone owners access the internet
* 52% send or receive email
* 50% download apps
* 49% get directions, recommendations, or other location-based information
* 48% listen to music
* 21% participate in a video call or video chat
* 8% "check in" or share their location
...
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Cell-Activities.aspx
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Cell-Activities/Main-Findings.aspx?view=all
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