---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180901171925.GA10109@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:19:25 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon Plans to Discontinue Copper in Several Markets by Edward Gately Verizon has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to retire copper in areas of New England, New York and Pennsylvania as it continues moving customers to fiber-based technology. The carrier said it plans to retire copper facilities and replace them with fiber facilities to provide services over its fiber-to-the-home network infrastructure. It plans to do this on or after Nov. 30. https://www.channelpartnersonline.com/2018/09/01/verizon-plans-to-discontinue-copper-in-several-markets/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180902000140.GA11499@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 20:01:40 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: California's net neutrality bill is one signature away from taking effect Dubbed 'strongest in the nation' it passed the state Senate today. By Richard Lawler After SB 822 passed California's state Assembly yesterday, it just needed (re)approval from the Senate before going in front of the governor to be signed into law. The net neutrality bill that its sponsor Scott Weiner calls "the strongest in the nation" got the necessary votes this evening despite opposition from groups representing ISPs like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon. Stanford Center for Internet and Society director Barbara van Schewick said in a statement that "SB 822 sets the standard for other states to follow. SB 822 is the only state-level bill that truly restores all the 2015 net neutrality protections. That's what makes it so special. Most state-level bills have just copied the text of the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules, leaving out critical protections. By contrast, SB 822 includes the important protections and clarifications in the full Order which explained the rules and closed known loopholes." https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/31/californias-net-neutrality-bill-is-one-signature-away-from-taki/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180901174117.GA10209@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:41:17 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon's Oath Will Still Scan Your E-mail For Advertising Purposes Because Hey, It's Verizon from the Verizon-gonna-Verizon dept While all major webmail companies have veered away from the idea of automatically scanning private e-mails in a bid to monetize the content for behavioral advertising due to public backlash, that's simply not how Verizon rolls. According to a deep dive over at the Wall Street Journal (watch out for the paywall, here's a Verizon-owned Techcrunch alternative), Verizon and its Oath subsidiary now offer the country's only major webmail service that still thinks this practice is a good idea: "Yahoo's owner, the Oath unit of Verizon Communications, has been pitching a service to advertisers that analyzes more than 200 million Yahoo Mail inboxes and the rich user data they contain, searching for clues about what products those users might buy, said people who have attended Oath's presentations as well as current and former employees of the company." https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180829/13391240540/verizons-oath-will-still-scan-your-e-mail-advertising-purposes-because-hey-verizon.shtml -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 02 Sep 2018