telecom digest Fri, 20 Nov 2015
Volume 34 : Issue 209 : "text" Format

Table of contents:

* 1 - Re: [telecom] How one couple beat the cable company - Neal McLain
  
* 2 - Re: [telecom] Five Ways Your Smartphone Can Help Your Health - David
  Clayton 
* 3 - Re: [telecom] History--Bell system PBX marketing literature - David
  Scheidt 
* 4 - [telecom] Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role
  in Paris Attacks - Monty Solomon 
* 5 - [telecom] The Five Stages of Ghosting Grief - Monty Solomon
  

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Message-ID: <59e388d8-2c6f-4865-8be7-ee6ca699c4ca@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:30:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Neal McLain 
Subject: Re: [telecom] How one couple beat the cable company

On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 9:44:13 PM UTC-6, Monty Solomon wrote:
> How one couple beat the cable company.
>
> The breaking point came in July 2012. Our Comcast bill
> for Internet, television, and phone hit $184 a month. And
> that was without premium channels like HBO. Add cell phones,
> and our total telecommunications bill was $244.
>
> By last month, we had chopped that to $97 a month - a
> savings of $1,764 a year.
>
>
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/10/11/cableNEBNVPfcYSrCy1TqdtyYgK/st
ory.html

The cited article includes the following paragraph:

| But it came to the point where Comcast would no longer budge.
| We couldn't switch providers because our condo building was
| wired by Comcast, and Verizon FIOS didn't reach into
| Brookline. Satellite TV was out because we're not allowed
| to mount an outside dish.

But the article doesn't specify the authority that prohibits outside dishes.

FCC rules generally prohibit restrictions on the installation satellite
antennas imposed by local governments, building owners, or homeowners
associations.  Exceptions apply only in specific circumstances such as safety,
permanent damage to the building, or preservation of the appearance of
historic buildings.  In such cases the burden of proof lies with the entity
that imposes the restrictions.
http://tinyurl.com/consumer-owned-antennas

Of course a satellite antenna only works if it has a clear view of the desired
satellite.

Neal McLain

***** Moderator's Note *****

Good points. While we're on this subject, would someone please explain
Fresnel zones and how they affect "visibility" of a satellite from the
ground?

Bill Horne
Moderator


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Message-ID: 
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:09:04 +1100
From: David Clayton 
Subject: Re: [telecom] Five Ways Your Smartphone Can Help Your Health

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:34:05 -0500, Monty Solomon wrote:

> Five Ways Your Smartphone Can Help Your Health
.........

Is "Self-destructing" on the list?

--
Regards, David.

David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.


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Message-ID: 
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 02:33:09 +0000 (UTC)
From: David Scheidt 
Subject: Re: [telecom] History--Bell system PBX marketing literature

HAncock4  wrote:
:switchboards could be placed side by side to handle double that.

:The 556 was similar to the popular 555, the 555 was a manual PBX.
:Both were released after WW II and featured improved circuits
:and easier maintenance.  Because the 555 was manual (the attendant
:handled all calls), it was a stand-alone unit (see below).

I was at a resort in Wisconsin this summer that had a still installed
(but disused) 555 at the front desk.  The main building was built in
the early 50s, so it's probably original.  It had instructions taped to it,
including some phone numbers (police, fire, hospital).  The numbers
had 920 area codes, which meant it was in use until the late 90s.
That's a pretty good run for a manual switchboard.

the actual phones in use were Cicsco VoIP sets.

--
sig 18


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Message-ID: 
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:51:19 -0500
From: Monty Solomon 
Subject: [telecom] Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible
 Role   in Paris Attacks

Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris
Attacks

The attack has revived vitriolic arguments between American
intelligence officials and Silicon Valley over whether the government
should be given the keys to decode "end-to-end" encryption technology.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/world/europe/encrypted-messaging-apps-face-new-scrutiny-over-possible-role-in-paris-attacks.html

***** Moderator's Note *****

The Clipper chip has crawled out of its grave and belted on the
breastplate of paranoia. Be very afraid.

Bill Horne
Moderator


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Message-ID: <0B941346-9795-45EB-8D38-651C7839D1F9@roscom.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:06:57 -0500
From: Monty Solomon 
Subject: [telecom] The Five Stages of Ghosting Grief

A woman dives into the confusing vacuum created by an unanswered text.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/fashion/the-five-stages-of-ghosting-grief.html

***** Moderator's Note *****

Hey, it's a slow news day!

Bill Horne
Moderator


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